Critics say Legislative District 16, in Montgomery County, is the poster child for everything that’s wrong with the current system for filling vacancies in the Maryland General Assembly.
Four times in a year and a half, from early 2023 to mid-2024, the district saw openings in its state Senate or state House delegation. Each time, the vacancies were filled by votes from the two dozen members of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, rather than the voters in the district.
Democratic voters will finally have their say in the June 23 primary…