Maryland election board administrator Jared DeMarinis defends voter registration system but won't confirm if Ian Andre Roberts received absentee ballots or remains registered.

We are just months away from going to the polls, and Maryland officials are setting up early voting locations to help process ballots for the June 23 primary.

The Maryland Republican Party hired Ashleigh Presnar as its new executive director, party officials announced Wednesday. Presnar previously served as deputy director of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and as chief of staff to the state’s secretary of public safety.

Learn where Maryland early voting sties will be for Washington County, Wicomico County, Worcester County and Somerset County.

It would be easy, and tempting, for Maryland to get swept up in the fervor of midcycle redistricting that has gripped other states, writes Gary V. Hodge, but it wouldn't be the right thing to do or necessarily the wisest for Democrats looking for advantage.