Updates on the 2012 national and state elections will be posted here.
This article will be updated as the 2012 General Election progresses. Today, Montgomery County voters will help decide the next local, state and national leaders. Patch will be following this story, posting updates throughout the day. Stay connected with our coverage by following #PatchElections on Twitter. Follow regional election coverage on Patch's Maryland Facebook page. Here’s some background: In a traditionally blue Maryland, the Obama-Biden ticket is expected to win over Republican challengers Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. In the last presidential election, Obama-Biden earned 72 percent of Montgomery County’s votes (314,444), state election board results show, while the Republican McCain-Palin ticket drew 27 percent (118,608) of the …
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Check back here all day for live election updates. (Update, 5:18 p.m.) -- Afternoon Gaithersburg Voter Turnout Around 40 Percent At Multiple Precincts Multiple Gaithersburg precincts reported voter turnout near 50 percent of registered voters as of 3 p.m. Tuesday. Rachel Carson Elementary School had seen 1,459 voters (724 Democrats, 419 Republicans, 307 Unaffiliated) come and go by 3 p.m., marking 37.1 percent of its 3,932 registered voters. Chief Election Judge Angelo Witten said he felt there was a decent chance the precinct could hit 60 percent by day's end. Rachel Carson crossed the 50 percent threshold in 2008, he said. A slightly smaller precinct, 34.1 percent of the 3,771 voters registered at Gaithersburg High School had cast …
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