MD politics: Election reform legislation would require early counting of mail ballots
A package of election reform bills aims to get mail ballots counted earlier, among other changes.
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A package of election reform bills aims to get mail ballots counted earlier, among other changes.
It took 36 days after the 2022 primary election to declare incumbent Marc Elrich as the Democratic nominee for Montgomery County Executive.Though Election Day occurred on July 19, the Montgomery County Board of Elections didn’t certify the results until Aug. 24. Elrich defeated challenger David Blair by 32 votes, an even slimmer margin than the 77-vote difference during their previous battle in 2018.
During the 2022 general election, more than 540,000 Marylanders voted by mail, with Montgomery County receiving the most absentee ballots.
Maryland GOP gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox has filed a legal challenge to halt the Board of Elections’ plan to certify the Nov. 8 elections earlier.
More than 100 Maryland organizations have called on the state Senate to continue live video testimony at committee hearings after the chamber's leadership announced it would end the option Monday when the Senate transitions back to in-person meetings.