After a long campaign of debates, questionnaires and memes centered on candidates, Election Day can often feel like the time when citizens get to raise their voice and weigh in with a vote.

This year, however, it feels like everyone has been talking at the same time.

With the pandemic, there was more mail-in voting than ever this cycle, as the closest ballot dropbox replaced the voting booth for many as the place to weigh in. Early voting brought another wave of nearly 994,000 votes in Maryland. It means that, in Maryland, 2.3 million votes are already in heading into Election Day. For perspective, the state registered roughly 2.7 million votes in the 2016 presidential election.

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