Seventy-six percent of Anne Arundel residents support banning roadside solicitation, according to a March survey by the Center for the Study of Local Issues.

That study was citedby County Executive John R. Leopold, who pushed for a state mandate outlawing all panhandling in the county, which goes into effect Oct. 1.

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