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🚨 MARYLAND APPROACHES 1 MILLION BALLOTS BEFORE ELECTION DAY — RECORD EARLY TURNOUT AS QUESTION 3 AND STATEWIDE RACES DRIVE INTEREST Maryland voters are turning out in extraordinary numbers ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, with nearly 1 million ballots already cast or returned. The surge comes as Gov. Wes Moore seeks reelection and voters consider Question 3, a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow mid-decade congressional redistricting. ▪️ 604,396 EARLY VOTERS: Maryland recorded its highest in-person early turnout for a gubernatorial election, surpassing previous records. ▪️ 124,189 IN ONE DAY: Thursday, October 29, set a record for the final day of early voting in a gubernatorial election year. ▪️ 357,650 MAIL BALLOTS: Election officials had received that many absentee and mail-in ballots, bringing the combined total to 962,046. Nearly 300,000 additional mailed ballots remained outstanding. ▪️ EASTERN SHORE LEADS: Talbot County recorded approximately 24% in-person early turnout, followed by Queen Anne’s County at 19.3% and Calvert County at nearly 19.2%. ▪️ QUESTION 3 SCRUTINY: Voters are weighing a redistricting amendment that could reshape Maryland’s congressional map before 2030, potentially affecting the state’s only Republican-held U.S. House district. High early turnout reflects voter participation, not an established advantage for either party. Party registration does not reveal how someone voted. With nearly one million ballots already submitted, Maryland’s election is well underway before traditional Election Day voting even begins. Will the remaining turnout reinforce the early voting patterns or significantly change the final electorate?