WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore visited the Washington County courthouse in Hagerstown for the swearing in of Kirk C. Downey as the new circuit court judge. The ceremony turns a page from a tragic episode that happened last year. Downey fills the seat of Judge Andrew Wilkinson who was […]
Maryland s 10 presidential electors met at noon Monday to formally cast the state s Electoral College votes for president. It was the 59th time that Maryland presidential electors met at the State House in Annapolis. Maryland is one of six states to have participated in every Electoral College vote.History: A history of Maryland s Electoral College meetings from 1789 to 2016 Maryland being one of just six states to participate in all, in this historic capital, in this historic State House, it does mean a lot and it is very special, said Jared DeMarinis, director of the Candidacy and Campaign Finance Division of the Maryland State Board of Elections. We see the power of a system that has been in place since 1789, said Kathleen Matthews, secretary of the Democratic Presidential Electors.At the first meeting in 1789, only six of Maryland s electors showed up to vote the other two were delayed by bad weather. There was bad weather again this year, but all 10 electors arrived t