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How Maryland voted: Sizing up the 2022 primary election returns

Tuesday was Primary Election Day in Maryland. Besides the ballots filed Tuesday at polling places, hundreds of thousands of early votes and mail-in ballots could take several days to count. (WYPR photo)
Tuesday was Primary Election Day in Maryland. Besides the ballots filed Tuesday at polling places, hundreds of thousands of early votes and mail-in ballots could take weeks to count. (WYPR photo)

One of the longest and weirdest primary election campaign season is over. In this low turnout election, more than a half a million people requested mail-in ballots, and not one of them has been counted. A Maryland law, unique in the country, requires that election officials wait until tomorrow at 10:00 in the morning to start counting the ballots in the form that most voters chose to cast them.

So, on this morning after, what do we know, and what do we know that we don’t know? We do know that this was an unprecedented election in many respects, and to reflect on that we're delighted to be joined by two great friends who have spent more than a few years observing Maryland politics.

Josh Kurtz is the founding editor of Maryland Matters.

Jayne Miller is an award-winning investigative reporter at WBAL TV 11

Jayne has announced that she’s retiring from WBAL TV at the end of July, after more than 40 years at the station. In today's final segment, she talks with Tom about her long career covering Baltimore, and what’s next.

Jayne Miller is a veteran investigative reporter at WBAL-TV11; Josh Kurtz is the founding editor of Maryland Matters. (courtesy photos)
Jayne Miller is a veteran investigative reporter at WBAL-TV11; Josh Kurtz is the founding editor of Maryland Matters. (courtesy photos)

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