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		<title>Early Voting Surges Statewide; Colvin Fires Up TV Ads, Harris Hangs on Hogan Coattails in 1st Dist. Congress Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first four days of early voting for the November general election, statewide turnout surged over the last mid-term national election four years ago, while in Cecil County, where few local races are contested on the ballot, early turnout was sluggish. But if the local-only contests drew yawns, and the top-of-the-tickets gubernatorial race tilts heavily toward incumbent GOP governor Larry Hogan, the most local excitement seems to be coming from the US House race in District 1 between incumbent Republican Andy Harris and Democratic challenger Jesse Colvin. The district covers all of the Eastern Shore, including Cecil, as well as parts of Carroll, Harford and Baltimore counties. In multiple Facebook videos and a Saturday robocall, Harris appeared to be tugging on Hogan’s popular coattails, imploring voters to support the “Hogan/Harris team” and warning of dire consequences if state Republicans lose their party’s lone GOP seat in the congressional delegation. Colvin went on the TV airwaves with a new ad, playing almost non-stop on local news programs’ commercials airtime, firing handguns with his Republican wife at a gun range to highlight his military background and a bipartisan approach to politics. Local early voting began last Thursday and continues through Thursday [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil Co Council Rejects Budget, Walks Away from Spending Cuts; McCarthy Budget Heads to AutoPilot Adoption Via Charter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 03:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cecil County Council refused to adopt a Fiscal 2018 budget Tuesday night, voting 3-2 against the budget even after members adopted a package of over $422,000 in spending cuts. As a result, the budget originally proposed by County Executive Alan McCarthy appears headed for automatic adoption, without the spending cuts, under a Charter amendment approved by voters in 2014. Unless the Council adopts a budget by June 15, the County Executive’s original budget becomes law. The Council has a scheduled worksession on Tuesday 6/13/2017 and an evening legislative session that night that would be the last opportunity to act on a budget before the deadline. But Council President Joyce Bowlsbey (R-2), said she would not schedule any meetings on the budget before the deadline, and if the three budget dissidents tried to meet on their own to hammer out a last-minute deal they could be in violation of the state’s Open Meetings law. A surprised McCarthy commented after the Council meeting that he was “pleased” that his original budget appeared to be headed to de-facto adoption. “I think we will have a good budget that will serve the county, its residents and its economic future,” he said. McCarthy fought [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Voter Turnout Soars in Cecil County but Lags Statewide Rate; 16% of County Votes Cast</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2016 23:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County voters took advantage of eight days of early voting for the 2016 presidential, state and local election as 10,809 ballots were cast, or 16.6 percent of “active eligible” voters, according to the state Board of Elections (BOE). Republicans cast a slightly higher proportion of their votes than Democrats. Early voting was conducted at one polling place—the county administration building in Elkton—and ended on Thursday 11/3/16, after voting began the previous Thursday. Throughout the period, voter traffic was steady, with the highest turnout—1,790 people—on the first day of voting. Cecil County’s early turnout rate lagged behind the statewide tally of 22 percent of registered voters casting ballots ahead of the Tuesday 11/8/16 Election Day. But Cecil’s early vote was well ahead of the 2012 turnout—the last presidential election year. That early vote period was a day shorter than this year’s but 9.42 percent of then-registered local voters cast early ballots. The hotly contested presidential race between Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, and Donald Trump, a Republican is clearly fueling voter interest in this year’s elections. Locally, the only partisan contest is for Cecil County Executive—between Alan McCarthy, a Republican, and Wayne L. Tome, Sr, a Democrat. A non-partisan race for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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