Wednesday, October 10, 2012
State Board of Elections mails 1.1 million Maryland Voters in an effort to increase voter registration across the state.
UPDATED (2:48 p.m.)—A postcard mailed by the Maryland State Board of Elections has caused concern for some Maryland voters and increased work for local boards of elections. The post card, mailed last week, was part of an effort by the Maryland State Board of Elections to verify voter registration records and register eligible voters, according to Ross Goldstein, deputy administrator for the state board of elections. The agency attempted to match data between the voter registration rolls and state drivers license records. "As with any data match, there were a number of false positives," said Goldstein. About 1.1 million post cards were mailed. The state board of elections estimates the mailing was 98 percent accurate—meaning it reached …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Debate continues over the costs, benefits, and potential biases of the program.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
By Carl Straumsheim Capital News Service Early voting in Maryland was meant to make the ballot box more accessible by giving voters additional chances to cast their ballots, but instead, the perceived shortcomings of the program have spawned a debate over costs, benefits and partisan bias. Early voting turnout has been low since its introduction in 2010. Only 2.4 percent of all eligible voters cast their ballots ahead of the April 3 primary election—roughly the same as in 2010. Compared to the 2006 election, total turnout in 2010 stayed flat, with one in two Marylanders voting, though about 6 percent of those voters cast their ballots before Election Day, according to data from the Maryland State Board of Elections. Michael Cain, a …
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Those opposed to Maryland's recently adopted congressional districts will get their chance for a vote come November.
Maryland’s newly drawn U.S. Congressional boundaries will be put to a referendum vote this November, after critics campaigned to get enough signatures to put the new map on the ballot. Annapolis Patch reported that at least 55,736 valid signatures were needed, and on Wednesday, the State Board of Elections certified a sufficient amount for ballot placement. “The current number that I have is 56,323 valid names there is still about 2,900 that are left to verifty,” Donna Duncan, Maryland’s election management division director, told Annapolis Patch. Of the total 65,722 signatures collected, 3,326 came from Montgomery County residents. Thus far, 2,929 have been deemed valid. In Prince George’s County, residents contributed 2,197, and 2,006 …
Kathy
5:05 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
It is easier just to spread misinformation without checking for accuracy, but your grades will reflect that when you get into high school. (I assume from the tenor of your remarks that you are currently in 7th or 8th grade? It was the "get a life" comment that gave it away.) But as I used to tell my children, it is not nice to call people "stupid." more ›