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Gambling, gay marriage and presidential race draw long lines to polls
Voters across Maryland reported record lines and waits of up to two hours Tuesday as a close presidential contest and several controversial state ballot questions drew people to the polls. "In all the elections I've been to, I've never seen a line this...
Tags: Barack Obama, Rushern Baker, Digital Harbor High School, Democratic Party, Jonathan Ogden
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Say no to the Md. Dream Act
The burden on the citizen taxpayer will never stop if the so-called Dream Act is allowed to become law. Let us put aside emotional misinformation and whip out our calculators. One illegal alien student completing a four-year college program will cost...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Barack Obama, Maryland General Assembly, University of Maryland, College Park, Students
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Sun editorial board endorsements
// Obama for president // Four years ago, President Barack Obama took office as the economy was in steep decline with millions in the process of losing their jobs, the nation was locked in seemingly endless military conflicts, Wall Street firms were...Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Benjamin L. Cardin, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), White House
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Campaign's over, time to vote
Having just observed dozens of my fellow citizens standing in line for more than an hour to vote, I started to feel good about the country again. Some 430,000 Marylanders took advantage of five days of early voting this year, so many that Sandy Rosenberg,...
Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Honey, White House
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GOP targets redistricting map at borderline
Working to build on the momentum of their so-far successful drive to challenge the state's congressional redistricting plan at the ballot box, Republican activists held a news conference Thursday at a Baltimore intersection that they called an...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Gays and Lesbians, John Sarbanes
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Now, it's all about turnout
With just two days left until polls open on Election Day, all sides of Maryland's fiercely contested ballot questions are turning to their final task: getting their supporters into the voting booth. To accomplish that goal, the campaigns have recruited...
Tags: Anglicanism, Kensington, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Judges, Labor Legislation
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Casino backer funds no-same-sex marriage effort
The developer of National Harbor may have given supporters of same-sex marriage and in-state tuition for illegal immigrants an incentive to vote against expanded gambling by financing a Republican group's sample ballot opposing their causes. State...Tags: Voting, Same-Sex Marriage, Republican Party, Illegal Immigrants, Marriage
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It's robocall season for voters
Voters in Maryland's 6th Congressional District have been hearing a familiar Arkansas drawl on the phone this week: It's Bill Clinton calling, letting them know he thinks the world of Democratic candidate John Delaney. All over the state, Marylanders...
Tags: Voting, Eva Longoria, MGM Resorts International, Culture, Democratic Party
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Md. voters evenly split on same-sex marriage
As the Nov. 6 election nears, likely Maryland voters are evenly divided on whether to make same-sex marriage legal in the state after opposition has grown in recent weeks, according to a new opinion poll conducted for The Baltimore Sun. Meanwhile, most...
Tags: Voting, MGM Resorts International, Democratic Party, Separation of Church and State, Labor Legislation
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Dream Act continues a worthy investment
If you believe in the American promise — that hard work leads to opportunity — then you should support the Maryland Dream Act. The American promise rewards us with a real opportunity to build a better future for ourselves and our children...
Tags: Maryland Dream Act, Teaching and Learning, Illegal Immigrants, Students, Colleges and Universities
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Searching for votes on a football Sunday
Republican state Sen. Nancy Jacobs, running a long-shot campaign to oust Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, stood in a cold wind along York Road waving a big purple sign along with a dozen supporters. Money is scarce. There's been little help from her party in...
Tags: Voting, Fells Point, MGM Resorts International, Barack Obama, Democratic Party
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Md. immigrants laud new federal policy on deportation
Nathaly Uribe's grandmother broke into tears Friday when the Glen Burnie high school senior told her of a new federal policy that would protect many undocumented young immigrants from deportation. "Now," the older woman said, "I know I can't lose you."...Tags: Barack Obama, Schools, High Schools, Democratic Party, Benjamin L. Cardin
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