ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland voters who waited until Election Day will be voting Tuesday after more than half of the state’s eligible voters cast their ballots early, either by mail or in person.

As the state encouraged voting before Election Day because of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 2.2 million people have voted so far in a state with about 4.1 million eligible voters.

There will be fewer locations to vote on Election Day than in a normal, nonpandemic year. The Maryland State Board of Elections has a list of locations on its website. Elections officials say masks and social distancing are required at the polls.

Unregistered voters can still register at the polls on Tuesday. It’s the first time Maryland has had same-day voter registration on the day of the general election, since a constitutional amendment was approved in 2018.

Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-to-1 in Maryland. In 2016, Republican President Donald Trump received 34% of the vote in the state with 10 electoral votes. A Republican presidential candidate hasn’t won the state in 32 years. George H.W. Bush was the last to do so in 1988.

Marian LaMonte said she voted for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris.

“I believe that they have the integrity to restore democracy as we are used to it,” LaMonte said after voting early last week in Howard County, noting this year she's been much more vocal about urging friends and family to vote.

In Baltimore, Malik Salaam said he voted for Trump, because the contractor and business owner in the construction industry said he liked the president's handling of trade issues.

“He’s a president that has actually tried to stand up to China,” Salaam said.

Democrats hold seven of Maryland’s eight U.S. House seats.

Rep. Kweisi Mfume, a Democrat, is running for a full term after winning an April special election to fill a vacancy created by the death of Elijah Cummings last year. Mfume, a former head of the NAACP, is running against Republican Kimberly Klacik, whose campaign has been supported by the president. The district includes an area of Baltimore and parts of two nearby counties.

Republican Rep. Andy Harris is running for reelection against Democrat Mia Mason in a district that includes all of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Democratic Rep. David Trone is running for a second term against Republican Neil Parrott, a state legislator, in the district that stretches from Montgomery County through western Maryland. Incumbents also are running in the state’s other five congressional districts.

Maryland residents are voting on two statewide ballot questions. One of them would legalize sports betting. Details such as where sports betting would be allowed will be decided later by state lawmakers. It’s unclear how much money sports wagering would raise for the state, but supporters say most of it would be allocated to education.

Another ballot question asks voters whether they want to give the Maryland General Assembly more power in the state budget process.

Under Maryland’s constitution, the governor has unusually strong budget powers. When the governor submits the state budget to the General Assembly each January, lawmakers can only cut from the proposal.

Maryland is the only state that endows its governor with such authority over the state budget. It dates to a 1916 constitutional amendment that voters approved after the state racked up big deficits.

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