Archive for: February 2008

Baltimore Sun
Maryland’s most important presidential primary in years went into overtime Tuesday, as freezing rain throughout the state forced elections officials to keep the polls open 90 minutes late so that traffic-bound citizens could cast their ballots.

Voters slid into …

My liveblogging of the Maryland primary will continue in this post with results as they come in. I will constantly update this post.

Exit poll results from earlier

9:30 PM EST: NBC has called the Maryland Primary at 9:30 with Obama …

WBAL.com
Polls in Maryland’s primary were to stay open an extra 90 minutes statewide because icy weather created traffic gridlock in parts of the state, the state elections chief said Tuesday.

The polls were to close at 8 p.m., but voting …

WBAL.com
Maryland elections officials anticipated high voter turnout Tuesday in the Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - if the …

I will be liveblogging the Maryland primary and results later after work. Updates should be in full swing by 7 or so. The polls close at 8. Check back throughout the evening for updates on the results.

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Post your comments about today’s primaries including turnout observations and anything else you see at the polls. Feel free to say who you voted for in the different primaries and a prediction too.

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Maryland Polls closing at …

There are already a lot of school closings and delays because of current and expected weather conditions today. This weather may affect turnout in the Maryland Primary (a.k.a. the Potomac Primary, the Chesapeake Primary, a.k.a. the Beltway Primary, a.k.a. …

AP
A new report said the state could sharply reduce high school dropout rates by requiring students to remain in school until they turn 18, but it would cost $200 million a year and add to shortages of classroom space …

Baltimore Sun
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People on both sides of this issue say the legislative debate has taken on added importance in the wake of the Maryland Court of Appeals’ decision last September to uphold the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Activists, lobbyists and …

Examiner
Nicholas Browning, the Baltimore County teen charged with murdering his parents and brothers in their sleep, joked about killing his parents several times before their deaths, several students said.

“He often complained about his father, and I specifically remember him …