September 30, 2022

Early Ballot Processing Gets Green Light

For More Efficient November Counts

• Conduit Street Coverage

Following a burdensome July primary, the Maryland courts have okayed special procedures to handle mail-in ballots in November. Extended wait times to properly handle, process, and count a huge wave of mail-in ballots plagued the July primary, tracing to Maryland's peculiar law requiring that they not be opened until after election day. At the request of the State Board of Elections, the Maryland courts appear ready to sign off on emergency procedures to allow ballot processing in advance of election day - with rulings from Circuit Court and now a panel of the Maryland Court of Appeals.

Conduit Street has your coverage, as county election administrators and staff hope to conduct their responsibilities more smoothly following the court's recognition of the untenable burdens placed by a massive growth in mailed ballots.

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