elections
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The Maryland State Board of Elections will soon allow voters to choose 'X' or 'unspecified' as their gender, instead of male or female. - State leaders must implement meaningful reform by establishing neutral, independent or bipartisan commissions to draw fair election maps.
- Baltimore voters want public financing of elections and now it's up to City Council to approve a system that keeps elections fair.
- A presidential candidate's record is more important than the promises they make from the campaign or debate stage.
- Republicans in Congress must address threats to our democracy and help give states the tools and resources they need to protect our elections.
- Robert Reich: The fates of America and the world depend on Democrats' selection of a presidential candidate.
- Uncertainty still hangs over the Baltimore Teachers Union’s new leadership, three weeks after national union officials launched an investigation
- Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke and several other notable Democrats need to step up their games or they'll be forgotten contenders in 2020.
- As a panel touted the benefits of charter government in a town hall meeting Thursday, citizens peppered them with questions that were largely skeptical.
- Baltimore's proposed public financing of political campaigns puts power in the hands of city voters instead of special interests.
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Forget Russian hackers, the Supreme Court's gerrymandering decision just crippled American democracy
The Supreme Court's decision in redistricting cases out of Maryland and North Carolina removes any obstacles to outright partisan gerrymandering. - Baltimore's proposed campaign finance fund is the best way for ordinary city residents to have the clout of deep-pocketed special interest groups.
- If Trump hadn’t made a big deal of the data and lied about the results, most Americans would likely be unaware of them.
- The Maryland Democratic Party has accused nearly 100 donors to Gov. Larry Hogan’s reelection campaign of violating elections law by giving too much money.
- Today, Baltimore enters the next phase of its efforts to promote a city government less bound by special interests.
- Trump will do his dirty dance of Twitter transgression during this election, that's a given. But we in the media must resist the temptation to dance along.
- It's more imperative now than ever to remove Donald Trump from office, says Jules Witcover.
- Goldberg: The problem for Mr. Trump is that if the central question of the election is him, he will lose because he is not popular.
- If Donald Trump's reelection launch sounded familiar, that's because it featured the same false claims he's been peddling for years.
- The first fully elected and appointed school board in Harford County met for the last time Monday night and when it in July, it will have a new look.
- Likeability has become an even more important trait today as we see the president of the United States hurling abusive insults at nearly everyone.
- The House is poised to approve legislation to protect the 2020 election from foreign interference but the Senate may have other plans.
- Letter to the editor in the June 18, 2019 edition of the Carroll County Times.
- Legislation would help voters see who is targeting us with paid ads on Facebook, Twitter and Google — the platforms of choice for Russian interference.
- Trump wants to be acclaimed dictator and he has followers who would agree to it. That is news.
- Biden is my favorite for the usual reason — he has the best chance of trumping Donald Trump.
- Turn out or tune in to the government forum being held Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Room K100 at Carroll Community College.
- The American Federation of Teachers is blocking an attempt to hold a new Baltimore Teachers Union election.
- The leaders of the Korean Society of Baltimore are seeking the return of more than $60,000 in contributions made to former Democratic Mayor Catherine Pugh.
- A group of Baltimore residents fighting the creation of a Johns Hopkins police force face a deadline this week in their effort to put the issue on the ballot.
- Middle school teacher and newly elected Baltimore Teachers Union President Diamonté Brown wants to stop attempts by Marietta English to overturn the election.
- The Baltimore Teachers Union elections committee plans to schedule a new election after allegations of campaign violations marred the vote earlier this month.
- Donald Trump is the worst president in American history and the most deserving of removal from office before the expiration of his term.
- I like our founding fathers’ concept of three coequal parts of government. We need checks and balances.
- Winners of the 2019 Havre de Grace election — David Martin, Jason Robertson and Carolyn Zinner, and Mayor William T. Martin — were sworn into office Monday.
- The Manchester town election concluded Tuesday with 47 total voters participating, according to a town spokeswoman.
- I lost the election, but by running a positive campaign I believe by keeping my integrity, I helped set an example that I hope others will follow.
- It's sad that the citizens of Westminster (5.7%), Mount Airy (5.9%), and Sykesville (6.5%) for the most part couldn't be interested in going to the polls.
- Westminster's first election was held on the first Monday in April 1819. Of course, as with many historical accounts, nothing is quite that simple.
- Diamonté Brown worked to get juvenile offenders back into classrooms. Then she became a teacher. Now she's head of the Baltimore Teachers Union.
- Incumbents were retained at a 100% clip in the Hampstead, New Windsor, Union Bridge and Westminster elections.
- Middle school teacher Diamonté Brown defeated the longtime Baltimore Teachers Union president Wednesday in a surprising upheaval.
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Election takeaways: What the results in Westminster, Hampstead, New Windsor and Union Bridge tell us
After this week’s slate of competitive races in Westminster, Hampstead, Union Bridge and New Windsor, there are some key observations to take away. - Residents of Union Bridge and New Windsor made their way through the wind and rain to the polls Tuesday to fill empty seats in their town governments.
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Westminster election results: Pecoraro wins second term on council, Dayhoff and Gilbert secure seats
The Westminster Common Council will have two new members, and the sole incumbent running for re-election retained his seat after Tuesday’s election. - Many people tell me that one of the charms of Carroll County’s municipal elections is that they are largely free of constant partisanship.
- Teachers will vote Wednesday in the most contentious Baltimore Teachers Union election in years. It has divided educators and been fraught with complaints.
- One day before the New Windsor municipal election, a candidate has been pulled from the race.
- If the City Council decides to vote in favor of Ordinance No. 911, Westminster business owners might want to consider calling 911.
- Five of the six candidates looking to fill the three open seats on the New Windsor Town Council appeared at a Thursday forum, ahead of Tuesday's election.
