Election board members said the current rule of waiting to count votes until the Thursday after the election will “leave local, statewide, and even federal contests without certified results until late December 2022 or early January 2023.”
Annapolis
Cox, Moore campaigns heat up as early voting nears
Democratic nominee Wes Moore and his Republican opponent, Dan Cox, have begun campaigning in earnest after being relatively dormant over the past month.
Maryland becomes haven for out-of-state abortion seekers, providers
Maryland abortion providers see influx of out-of-state patients since the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Maryland launches outreach to speed up rollout of new COVID boosters
The boosters are now available at over 850 pharmacies and drugstores, according to the governor’s office, but some chains like Walmart said they are still waiting on doses to arrive.
Cox holds day of events in Republican friendly Allegany County
Allegany County voters heavily favored former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Former Hogan donors gave Moore four times more than Cox
Democratic nominee for Maryland governor Wes Moore has received nearly four times as much in campaign donations from Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s former financial supporters as has Del. Dan Cox, the Republican nominee.
Moore, Cox hand out water in Baltimore areas with E. coli outbreak
The Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor handed out water the city’s Sandtown-Winchester and Harlem Park communities, which have been under a boil water advisory.
Maryland residents receive first shots of new COVID-19 vaccine
The Maryland Department of Health suggests residents use the state’s COVID Vaccination Site Searcher to find the new booster nearby.
Maryland gubernatorial candidate’s financial connections pose conflict problems
Capital News Service reviewed the ethics filings and financial disclosures of the leading Democratic candidates for governor and found that while some have holdings in individual companies, none of them has a portfolio matching Wes Moore’s for size and range, and few invest in individual companies.
Inside Maryland’s marijuana industry, beginning at the root
With Maryland voters poised to decide in November on whether recreational cannabis will be legal in the state, Capital News Service is taking a look at the state’s already legal medical cannabis market.