The Court of Appeals of Maryland listened on Friday to the repeated effort by Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox to halt the early counting of mail-in ballots.
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Post-UMD poll asks voters opinions on candidates, marijuana, abortion and more
The poll found a majority of respondents are leaning to vote for Wes Moore in the upcoming gubernatorial election. It also found issues respondents are most concerned about when voting for governor and their opinions toward abortion rights and recreational marijuana legalization.
Maryland, bay states criticized before big environmental meeting
Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, the states with the largest runoff into the Chesapeake Bay, are not on track to meet their goals to restore the nation’s largest estuary by 2025.
State attorneys general press US archivist to publish ERA as constitutional amendment
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in a suit contending that the ERA has been ratified by the necessary 38 states and has come into force.
Court approves early counting of Maryland mail-in ballots
Prior to the court’s ruling, Maryland election laws only authorized the counting of mail-in ballots on the Thursday after election day.
Release of Adnan Syed focuses attention on Maryland wrongful prosecutions
At least 3,000 exonerated individuals in the U.S. have spent a combined 25,000 years of their lives behind bars due to wrongful prosecution as of March 2022, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.
Abortion providers face increasing attacks, harassment
Although abortion providers work a job that is not inherently dangerous, incidents of violence and harassment against workers in their field have increased in the past year. Because of the frequency of attacks, abortion providers in Maryland are fearful of sharing their last names.
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.
Monkeypox cases drop, but disease hit Maryland’s Black communities harder
There are over 22,000 monkeypox cases in the United States and one person has died, according to the CDC. Infection rates have slowed over the past weeks.
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.