Editing Annapolis, Maryland (section)

==Government==
===City government===
[[File:Annapolis City Hall 2.JPG|thumb|Annapolis City Hall]]
[[File:Annapolis Maryland sign by D Ramey Logan.jpg|thumb|Annapolis, Maryland, sign]]

Annapolis is governed via the [[weak mayor]] system. The city council consists of eight aldermen who are elected from single member wards. The mayor is elected directly in a citywide vote. Since 2008, several aldermen have introduced unsuccessful charter amendments to institute a [[council-manager]] system, a move opposed by both Democratic mayor [[Joshua J. Cohen]] and his Republican successor [[Mike Pantelides]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/11/10/annapolis-council-to-consider-stripping-republican-mayor-elects-power/|title=Annapolis Council To Consider Stripping Republican Mayor-Elect's Power|access-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111190038/http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/11/10/annapolis-council-to-consider-stripping-republican-mayor-elects-power/|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbaltv.com/politics/calls-for-weakmayor-system-in-annapolis-come-days-after-election/22917016|title=Calls for weak-mayor system in Annapolis come days after election|author=Lisa Robinson|date=April 15, 2012|work=WBAL-TV|access-date=May 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121124803/http://www.wbaltv.com/politics/calls-for-weakmayor-system-in-annapolis-come-days-after-election/22917016|archive-date=November 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

===State government===
The [[Maryland General Assembly|state legislature]], [[Governor of Maryland|governor's office]], and [[Maryland Court of Appeals|appellate courts]] are located in Annapolis. While Annapolis is the state's only [[Capital city|capital]], some administrative offices, including a number of cabinet-level departments, are based in [[Baltimore]].