247 days ago - As Maryland gears up for what’s expected to be the largest voter turnout in state history this November, election officials are closing the knowledge gap between the mostly elderly poll workers and the modern voting equipment.
252 days ago - Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler called on state and federal lawmakers Tuesday to sharpen the lines between legal and illegal campaign activities as he released recommendations from a task force meant to prevent a repeat of the failures of the 2006 primary.
252 days ago - Citing poorly trained poll workers, faulty technology, and lack of communication between state and local officials, a report commissioned by Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler deemed the 2006 primary election one of the state’s “most disastrous.”
327 days ago - The head of Harford County’s elections fears the decision to keep polls open Tuesday through bad weather and low turnout could cost him election judges between now and November’s general election.
331 days ago - Voters who will turn 18 in time for the November general election can vote in Maryland s primary Tuesday, after the state’s highest court upheld a lower court’s ruling Friday.
336 days ago - New independent voters outnumber new Republicans in Maryland, but Democratic presidential candidates will have to wait until the general election, not next week’s primary, to cash in on the trend.