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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Legislators Call For Early Voting The Weekend Before Election Day, But Elections Chief Concerned About Double Voting

Two lawmakers want to increase turnout by extending early voting through the Sunday before Election Day, a move election officials say would wipe out safeguards that keep people from voting twice.

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Sheila Hixson, D-Montgomery, and Del. Jon Cardin, D-Baltimore County, wrote a letter to state elections administrator Linda Lamone June 6 asking for the change. Cardin serves as the Ways and Means subcommittee chairman for election law and is a probable candidate for attorney General in 2014. The delegates argued an extra weekend could increase voter turnout.

“Maryland’s early voting period remains one of the most limited in the nation,” Hixson and Cardin wrote. “The Brennan Center for Justice recommends allowing early voting on the weekend before Election Day, because early voting turnout increases as public excitement and media coverage of the election build as Election Day approaches.”
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 20, 2013 at 2:53 PM

    Sounds like they are trying to fix MD elections again in favor of liberal democrats.

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  2. AnonymousJune 20, 2013 at 4:28 PM

    Paper ballots and show your ID. Simple and fair. Oh, but we wouldn't want that now, would we?

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  3. AnonymousJune 20, 2013 at 4:39 PM

    If the liberal Democrats want it, it's not good for Americans.

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  4. AnonymousJune 20, 2013 at 4:49 PM

    Like Obama said, "Vote early, and vote often".

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