The appeal could prolong uncertainty about how elections officials will count the general election ballots, just as those mail ballots are starting to go out in the mail to voters.
The ruling means that results from a significant portion of mail ballots will be available on election night, and it’s likely that candidates and voters won’t have to wait long to know the outcome of many races.
Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge James Bonifant said he’d issue a ruling at 3 p.m. Friday on the request from the Maryland State Board of Elections.
Maryland Democrats are well-positioned to sweep statewide offices, according a new Goucher College poll in partnership with The Baltimore Banner and WYPR.
Two months after the primary, Maryland’s electorate has coalesced behind party nominees in the general election race to succeed term-limited Gov. Larry Hogan, but at the same time, held firm on some issues, such as their opinions of President Biden and former president Trump, their frustration with inflation and their attitudes toward abortion.
Baltimore’s water contamination crisis this week offered an unusual glimpse, mid-campaign, to see how two candidates would respond to a public safety situation they might face as governor.