FACTOID # 5: The top five states for youth voter turnout in the 2000 Presidential Election all went for Al Gore.
 
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MARYLANDER GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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2004 Election > Total votes as percentage 59.7% [31st of 51]
2004 Election > Voting age population 3,678,000 [19th of 51]
2004 Election > Youth voter turnout 51% [12th of 41]
Electoral Votes 10 [21st of 51]
Gun Laws > Permits
A permit is not required to purchase firearms. A permit issued by the secretary of the Maryland State Police(MP) is required to carry a handgun.
Gun Laws > Prohibited firearms
It is illegal, with limited exceptions, to possess or transfer an assault pistol on or after July 1,1994, or to possess a short-barreled rifle or shotgun. Any type of handgun that is not on the Maryland handgun roster may not be manufactured for sale in the State.
Seats in the House of Representatives 8 seats [18th of 50]
Southern Governors' Association > current Southern Governors > Seat Up 2010
State Attorney General > Current Attorney General Doug Gansler
State Attorney General > Party Democratic
State Attorney General > Replacement? 2011
State Attorney General > Took office 2007
State court > Nomenclature > Court of Last Resort
Court of Appeals
State court > Nomenclature > Intermediate Appellate Court
Court of Special Appeals
Statewide Office party strength > Current Party Strength > Lieutenant Governor Democratic
Statewide Office party strength > Current Party Strength > Secretary of State Democratic
United States Lieutenant Governors > Current Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown
United States Lieutenant Governors > Elected 2006
United States Lieutenant Governors > Party Democrat
United States Lieutenant Governors > Seat Up 2010

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SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005.; CIRCLE, The Center for Information and Reasearch on Civic Learning and Engagement; FirstGov Official Government website; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003; The United States House of Representatives; Wikipedia: Southern Governors' Association ; Wikipedia: State Attorney General ; Wikipedia: State court ; Wikipedia: Statewide Office party strength in U.S. states ; Wikipedia: List of United States Lieutenant Governors

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: MD

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