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The Supreme Court is allowing Ohio to clean up its voting rolls by targeting people who haven't cast ballots in a while.
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Board: Primary ballot will have ‘Kamenetz’ as gubernatorial candidate, not ‘Ervin’
Death will not take Kevin Kamenetz’s name off the Democratic primary ballot for Maryland governor -- nor does time permit his former running mate, Valerie Ervin, to have her name added to the list of candidates for chief executive, the State Board of Elections said Friday.
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Read More »Md. Senate passed bill that ‘is not clearly unconstitutional’
Legislation could ultimately require candidates for president to release their tax returns as a condition of appearing on the state's ballot.
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Read More »Texas city emerges as new battleground on voting rights
Pasadena, Texas is preparing to change the makeup of its city council in a way that city fathers hope fosters new development, but that some Hispanics allege dilutes their influence.
Read More »Board responds to voter complaints about machines
The Maryland State Board of Elections announced Monday that it has examined fewer than 20 voting units after some voters reported that the machines displayed a different candidate than the one they selected during early voting.
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Read More »Judge denies injunction in Va. voter lawsuit
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge has rejected a request from Virginia Democrats who want the State Board of Elections to reinstate nearly 40,000 voters who were recently purged from the voter rolls. County officials conducted the purge recently on ...
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Read More »About 1,500 wrongly taken off Md. voter rolls
ANNAPOLIS — Court officials say roughly 1,500 Maryland residents with misdemeanor convictions were wrongly taken of voter rolls over the last six years. The Capital reports that officials didn’t become aware until former Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold contacted ...
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Read More »Md. GOP to explore unaffiliated voters in primary
A Maryland Republican Party panel will explore the possibility of allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in GOP primaries in the state, the chairwoman of the party said Thursday.
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Read More »Eye Opener: Republicans may let independents vote
A few government and politics headlines for Thursday.
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Read More »General Assembly heads to midnight adjournment
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland General Assembly breezed toward adjournment Monday following a session of heavy lifting, approving a medical marijuana measure and an expansion of early voting on the last day, after most of the major bills already had been ...
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