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and later this morning, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will be here to cast her early vote. she is expected around 11 this morning. baltimore city voters can start casting ballots in the city's mayoral primary election today. city has more than 369,000 voters who will be able to go to the polls from thursday to saturday and again from tuesday to thursday of next week. five voting centers will be opened from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the city's board of election doesn't expect a big voter turnout during the 6-day early voting period. up to 250 voting judges and 40 members of election board staff will supervise the five sites during the early voting. the 2011 mayoral candidates including conway frank, jody landers, katherine pugh stephanie rawlings-blake and alfred griffin and veggie ann. this election is september 13th. if you live in baltimore city and are busy and can't make it to the pry march -- primary, early voting is the way to go. >>> the national park service sealed the crack on top of thewashington monument but discovered water-side. this could mean more -- water inside

stephanie rawlings-blake is mounting her first campaign for this office.e baltimore city elects director earlier this morning and here's what he has to say about voter turnout. >> i would hope to see at least 30%, 40% of the citizens come out. seems as though citizens are not motivated to come out and vote. but, we want to encourage them to come out. we are ready for you. judges are in place and all staff is in place. if they have problems, they can call the board of elections at 410-396-5550. and we will be happy to answer questions they have. >> reporter: now he also said they have well trained election judges. about 2100 of them and they are well prepared for the start of the primary election day which kicks off at 7 this morning. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> again polls open in a few minutes. 9 minutes to be exact. they will remain open until 8 tonight. if you need to find your polling place, you can do so by going to abc2news.com. >>> five things before heading out this morning. president obama is traveling to c

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. >> reporter: if it sounds like an infringement on privacy, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says, soe individuals are and the police need to know where these violent individuals are, because they are tasked with keeping our neighborhood safe. >> reporter: so you're saying privacy discussions shouldn't be a part of this? >> i'm saying the public weighs in on safety and weighs that more than an offender's privacy. >> reporter: second, compiexile relies on communities for information about bad guys. the police know it is controversial to sometimes let lower level criminals elude them, but that more lenient attitude sometimes gets people who have been associated petty crimes talking in a community where snitching is frowned on. >> they don't want you to fish with a net. they want my cops to come through this block with a spear, and when they see a shark on the street to be able to discern the difference and jam the spear through the top of the shark's head. that's what they want you to be able to do. >> reporter: and the spear, federal law enforcement clout. exile relies on an unusually

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