PARTISAN MARYLAND LAWMAKERS WON’T LET INDEPENDENT / UNAFFILIATED VOTERS VOTE THIS ELECTION.

In grotesquely gerrymandered states, Maryland included, the primary election is the main event. The General Election - a formality. The taxes of Independents & Unaffiliateds help fund the costs of administering Primary Elections.

INDEPENDENTS & UNAFFILIATEDS should be allowed to vote in the elections they fund ! (We fought Britain over this)
Under Article One, Section Four, of the Constitution, Congress has authority to determine the "Time, Place, and Manner", of Congressional elections in the states.

I support the bill by Representative John Delaney (D)-Maryland 6th U.S. Congressional District, the " Open Our Democracy Act " to make all Congressional primary elections, nonpartisan and open to all voters. The bill also addresses the creation of independent redistricting panels in all 50 states, so that neither political party has to "unilaterally disarm" from the gerrymandering wars.

A PROVOCATIVE INDEPENDENT UNAFFILIATED VOTER ACTION : The Executive Director of the Maryland Democratic Party last year, proposed that Independent and Unaffiliated Voters, could [temporarily] register as Democrats, in order to vote in this 2016 primary. As soon as the primary results are announced, INDEPENDENTS and UNAFFILIATED voters can go back on-line and change their registration back to UNAFFILIATED.

The absolute final deadline for an Independent / Unaffiliated Maryland voter to (temporarily) register on-line as a Democrat (or Republican) in order to vote in the primary, at Maryland State Board of Elections, online is Tuesday, April 5, 2016.