Voters cast their ballots and get checked in to vote at the Meadowbrook Athletic Complex in Ellicott City on Thursday, the first day of early voting in Maryland. Photo by William J. Ford.
Maryland voters headed to the polls Thursday for the first day of early voting in numbers that the state’s top election official says are exciting.
Statewide, more than 150,000 people — 3.58% of the more than 4.2 million registered voters — cast a ballot in person on the first of eight days of early voting…