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		<title>A Modest Cecil County Proposal: Moore Could &#8220;Unaffiliate&#8221; from GOP, Briefly, to Bar Smipkin Pick of New County Council Member</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Analysis/Commentary It was a bipartisan or multi-partisan vote that made Tari Moore Cecil County’s first-ever County Executive in the November election. But the choice of her replacement on the new County Council is now primarily in the hands of a highly partisan group—the local Republican Central Committee controlled by the Smipkin political organization that actively attacked Moore and sought to block her from winning her party’s nomination for executive. But there is a way out of this conundrum—a way that would require some political courage and “thinking outside the box”—to yield a new Council member who was not marching in lockstep to a Smipkin-ruled agenda for the next two years and instead would give the new County Executive a partner in progress, rather than a roadblock. And there are already several potential candidates that Moore could choose from who would never be picked by the Smipkin group but who could serve the county well if Moore were free to consider them. The new Charter form of government approved overwhelmingly by county voters in 2010 specifies the procedures for filling the vacancy in the District 2 seat currently held by Moore, which she will resign so as to be sworn into [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Election Night Wrapup: Moore Wins County Exec; McCarthy Landslides in Council 1st, Hodge Wins 5th&#8211; Cecil Refutes State, National Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 06:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Tari Moore made history Tuesday, winning election as Cecil County’s first County Executive by defeating her Democratic rival, Pam Howard, with 52.7 percent of the vote. Republican Alan McCarthy overwhelmingly won election to the District 1 County Council seat and incumbent Robert Hodge (R) won a decisive victory to retain his county commissioner seat on the new Council in District 5. “I am humbled and honored to be part of this historic moment in Cecil County’s history,” Moore posted on her Facebook wall after the results were tallied. Cecil County also re-asserted its increasingly conservative voting patterns, rejecting the winning candidacy of President Obama, the senatorial candidate and ballot questions that won support from a majority of voters statewide. From the tabulation of the early voting counts—after voting hours and days were extended due to the impact of Superstorm Sandy—through the final Tuesday night counts of all 19 county precincts plus the early vote results that are tallied as precinct 20, Moore consistently held the lead in the election returns. Only for a brief period—when the count was at 5 precincts—did the County Executive race get neck and neck, but with Moore still in the lead. The big local [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Votes: Steady Turnout, Lines at Some Precincts as Voters Cast Ballots in Historic Election</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County voters went to the polls Tuesday in strong and steady numbers to cast ballots for President and congressional candidates and, closer to home, the county’s first-ever County Executive and two County Council members. Anecdotal reports from throughout the county indicated a strong voter turnout, with lines at some polling places early in the morning. In Cecilton, poll watchers said there was steady activity until about 11 a.m., longer than the usual morning rush. But by early afternoon, turnout had slacked off and voters moved swiftly through the voting process with no lines. County Elections Board director Evelyn Potter said most polling places were problem-free, but the Calvert elementary site had persistent difficulties with slow-to-load electronic poll books and the site had lines for much of the day. By 3 p.m., the Election Day turnout was 20,498, or 32.7 percent of the county’s eligible voters, according to Potter. Of that tally, Republican turnout was 8,781 while 8,037 Democrats cast ballots on Tuesday, with 3,680 unafilliated voters showing up at the polls. Turnout was strongest in the Chesapeake City-South (Precinct 2-1) by 3 p.m., with 49 percent turnout, while Rising Sun banquet hall (Precinct 6-1) and Bainbridge (Precinct 7-1) posted [&#8230;]]]></description>
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