More than 10,000 voters hit polls early in Md. | Washington Examiner

More than 10,000 voters headed to the polls on Friday for Maryland's primary in the state's first day of early voting.

Gov. Martin O'Malley, who was the 222nd voter who cast a ballot at the Public Safety Training Facility in Baltimore, said he hoped early voting would create higher turnout.

"I want to encourage everybody to take advantage of this," O'Malley said after voting in the early afternoon when there were no lines. "It was very quick. It was very easy."

Voters will be able to vote on five more days up until the Sept. 14 primary. At least one early voting center is open in every Maryland county, and there will be 46 across the state.