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Monday,
9/6/10
Bieber fever hits fair
Casey Prather/ The Towerlight
The carnival rides at the Maryland State Fair light up the Timonium skyline as the sun goes down. Fair organizers expect up
to 500,000 visitors throughout the 11 -day event, including the large number of Justin Bieber fans in attendance of his sold-
out concert Sunday night. Tickets to Bieber’s performance were a hot commodoty, fetching prices well over the face value.
Concertgoers and general admission fair attendees had the opportunity to view state champion livestock, watch pig races,
ride carnival attractions, play games and enjoy various festival eats.
Towson
host for
primary
polling
Maryland begins
early voting
LAUREN SLAVIN
Senior Editor
Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, marked a day in vot¬
ing history for the state of Maryland.
Joining 38 states including North Carolina,
Arizona, Texas and Hawaii, Maryland resi¬
dents could cast their ballots early for the
2010 Gubernatorial primary election.
More than 300 Baltimore County residents
voted Friday at the 17 polling stations on the
first floor of the Administration Building of
Towson University, more than expected for
the first day of a new voting process, accord¬
ing to Jim Erbe, chief republican judge of
precinct 0929.
"We're running in spurts; we have a big
crowd then it slows down, then we get a
few more," Erbe said. "For a Friday, a major
holiday [weekend], we probably had a good
turnout.”
How early voting affects
Towson University
Voting continues through Sept. 9 from 10
a.m. to 8 p.m. During the early election days,
Lot 23 will be closed and Safe Management
will control the flow of traffic.
Vehicles illegally parked in Lot 23 will be
subject to citations and towing.
"We assume that it will affect the campus
slightly with the loss of some parking in the
visitor area of the Administration [Building],
But beyond that, we really don't know what
to expect," associate vice president for auxil¬
iary services Joe Oster said in an e-mail.
"This will be a learning experience for
everyone on campus and even the county."
Opposed to elections in previous years
when polling places were determined by
where a voter lived and what district they
belonged to, anyone registered to vote in
Baltimore County can vote at the University
location, according to Towson University’s
Daily Digest.
"It’s a central location; it takes care of the
Towson, Timonium corridor,” Tony Campbell,
a candidate for chairman of the county
Republican Central Committee and a part-
time faculty member in the department of
political science, said.
"The question is going to be are people
going to be aware enough to vote early.
Because people are so used to voting on one
day.”
The University Union will also serve as a
polling location for the general Gubernatorial
election, but only students with on-campus
addresses and faculty can vote there.
"Due to the population of students that
are registered to vote in Baltimore County ...
Towson requested to have one there, so we
made a special arrangement to have a loca¬
tion in the University Union," director of the
Baltimore County Board of Elections Katie
Brown said.
Student voting
Having a voting location on campus
may make voting much more appealing to
University students from Baltimore County,
Darcy Accardi, special assistant to the vice
president of student affairs for civic engage¬
ment, said.
"It might be hard to leave in the middle of
the day to go vote ... for a lot of students it’s
hard to drive home on a Tuesday," Accardi
said.
“This way you have five days to vote right
here on campus as long as you are a Baltimore
County resident."
Civic Engagement and the Student
Government Association have been working
together to increase student voting registra¬
tion and election awareness.
The SGA has a goal to register more than
1,000 new voters this fall, according to direc¬
tor of legislative affairs Emmanuel Welsh.
Students could register to vote at the
September 1 Involvement Fair and various
candidates have spoken at events both last
semester and this fall.
"I was actually surprised about the
response I got," co-organizing director of
the Progressive Democrats of Towson Alison
Aminzadeh said. "You think students aren’t
really going to care, but so many so many
people came by in the Involvement Fair ...
students who already have a background in
politics in their high school."
See VOTE, page 10
Polling day coverage:
To learn about the political
candidates present during
Towson’s first day of early
polling, go online for video
interviews, online comments
and additional content.
watch and comment at
thetowerIight.com
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