Two identical bills have been introduced in the Maryland legislature to somewhat restrict petitioning for new parties. HB 41 and SB 267 would move the petition deadline from the first Monday in August, to the first Monday in July. Also, the bills would say that if a petition was rejected for not having enough signatures, the group must start all over with a new petition; it couldn’t supplement the original petition. Here is the text. It was introduced at the request of the State Board of Elections.