Maryland Officials Can Count Mail-In Ballots Before Election Day: Judge

Maryland Officials Can Count Mail-In Ballots Before Election Day: Judge
A ballot drop box in Silver Spring, Md., on July 7, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
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Mail-in ballots in Maryland can be counted before Election Day, a judge has ruled.

Maryland Circuit Judge James Bonifant wrote in an 11-page ruling on Sept. 23 that while state law says officials can’t start tabulating mail-in ballots until “8 a.m. on the Wednesday following Election Day,” waiting that long would mean results couldn’t be verified within 10 days after an election, as required by another law.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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