With court cases pending, board delays approval of fall ballots by two days

The Maryland State Board of Elections voted to delay by two days approval of the ballots that voters will see on Election Day.

The reason? Two simmering ballot-access cases that are scheduled to be resolved on Wednesday.

By statute, the board was supposed to approve November ballots 64 days before the election, which was Tuesday. But at an emergency meeting the panel voted unanimously to delay approval until Thursday, to give the courts time to resolve the two lawsuits.

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The second case involves Paula Bienenfeld, a transit and education advocate who hoped to run for a seat on the Montgomery County Council as an independent...

With court cases pending, board delays approval of fall ballots by two days - Maryland Matters