Primary elections in Maryland


Primary elections in Maryland see Maryland citizens vote for State Offices, Federal Offices, County Offices and Party Offices, and also the Democratic Central Committee Members and the Republican Central Committee Members.
Voters must declare belonging to a political party in order to vote in primary elections. Voters may only vote for candidates from their own party. Voters belonging to the Green party, Libertarian party, independent candidates or do not have a party, do not have the option to vote for offices and can only vote for the board of education of Maryland.

Offices to be elected

The offices that appear in the ballot are the following:

State offices

The states offices will be selected by Republican voters and Democratic voters and they are the following:
Legislative branch
The Maryland General Assembly that is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland will be selected in this election for both, the upper and lower camera:
Judicial branch
Governor, Lieutenant governor, comptroller and attorney general sections are the same in all the ballots in Maryland's 23 counties,

Federal offices

During the election also will be elected 10 candidates for the legislature of the United States, they will be:
There are two different ballots for each county, one for Republican voters and one for Democrats voters, and the offices to be elected are the following:
There is one board of education for of each Maryland county:
The ballot is specific to the address of voters, so there different ballots for each of the counties in Maryland, in fact each county could have more than 50 different Ballots for each of the two parties, since there are different candidates for each zone int the same county, these sample ballots are available on Maryland Website on the 2018 Primary Election Proofing Ballots section.
Each voter will have an assigned ballot that will be according its address, it can be reviewed online in English and Spanish in the State Board of Elections website, where entering the voter first and last name, date of birth and zip code, and the elector will be able to see its options, that are the following:
Also will be able to see the "My Candidate Information" section with all the options for vote, among other information, and also will be also to see their specific sample ballot as a PDF file in order to take a better selection weeks or months before assisting to vote.
In the voting voting centers clerk will receive voters and according their address will gave them a receipt that will state which of the 8 congressional district is their particular congressional districts and which of the 47 is their particular district in the Maryland House of Delegates. They also will be able to find the voting center for each elector.

Requirements to vote

Currently the requirements to vote are to be a citizen and to be registered. Identification Cards are not required. Voters only need tell a polling station worker their address.
Voters can apply to vote before the deadline time that is 21 days before election day.

Early vote

Early vote for primary elections was hold from June 14 to June 21, 2018, after this day early vote will be suspended until Primary election day that will be celebrated on Tuesday June 26, 2018.
In every voting center will be present English and Spanish speaking clerks that will assist electors regarding their questions.

Polling Place

Polling place is specific to each voter according their address, polling place can be looked up on Maryland's State Board of election website, in current election it is accessible from the voting menu and the bottom Polling Place Locator where user is asked to enter its house number or building address, and also its street and zip code.

Turnout

Number of electors in Maryland in 2018 is 3,931,730 and is projected a turnout of around 50% with an expected abstention of 50% of electors, where half of the electors will choose whom their Governors, Mayors, Judges, Sheriffs and other officials, while the other 50% of electors that will not vote will be governed by officials that they did not elect.
Elections in of Maryland allow Maryland citizens to the select the government that will best serve to their electors and assure the respect of human rights, life and properties, Right to health, safety and dignity of the residents of the communities that they serve. The new government will manage Maryland budget that is 43.6 billions per year, and new counties executives that will manage counties budget to be used in effective projects that will serve its communities, and will not allow illegal or criminal activities or business nor will receive bribes, but will denounce and punish those crimes, and will fight organized crime and protect the communities that they were elected to serve. Also the judiciary officials that will assure the correct application of justice, punishing crimes and eradicate impunity, electors will also select school boards that will apply the best of their resources and select the most qualified teachers that will assure the proper education of Maryland students, electors will also responsible of the selections of the best counties sheriff that will assure their protection and will reduce or eliminate crimes.