ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Tomorrow, October 15, 2024, marks the first day that mail-in ballots in Maryland will be canvassed for the 2024 General Election. Local boards of elections can begin the process of opening, reviewing and counting the more than 262,000 mail-in ballots that voters have returned thus far.
According to Maryland law, local boards of elections meet eight days prior to the start of Early Voting – October 15 – to begin canvassing mail-in ballots that have been returned. Members of both political parties must observe the canvass. Additional canvassing days may take place after this time, but are not to be held on Election Day, November 5.
All mail-in ballots postmarked on or before November 5 will be canvassed. Results of the canvass are not made public until after polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day.
“October 15 is the first day in a lengthy and deliberative process of canvassing every vote cast in the 2024 General Election,” said State Administrator Jared DeMarinis. “Starting the canvass process now gives our canvass teams ample time to efficiently and accurately process mail-in ballots. Ballots are canvassed in the presence of a bipartisan board of canvassers and can be observed in-person, so that Marylanders can have full faith and confidence that our electoral process is transparent, secure and reliable.”
Local boards post on their websites the dates, times and locations of their canvasses. For more information about a local board’s canvassing timeline, please contact the local board. To learn more about the vote canvassing process in Maryland, visit SBE’s canvassing webpage.
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it could be that some places in the state are having circuit court judge elections. Lets not do away with contested judge elections, as has been suggested. Yes, judges must give responsible sentences. I have to wonder why the suggestion is being made that contested elections be done away with? Is it by the judges\ their familys? Yousee, when has a judge that has stood for retention election ever been denied? Ever not been elected? Has a judge for retention election (ready for this 1) ever put up a sign, ever bothered? Judges already don’t go through court security + don’t live in the same world we live in. Don’t live the same lives as the suspects that come before them. + because they don’t go through security, maybe have guns in their offices (did you ever think of that 1?)There are already judges in MD with retention elections + maybe the Governor says to them don’t worry about staying in office, nobodys been no’ed out of office With contested elections, other candidates have the chance to get in, that are worthy, that the appointment process refuses to consider. (That won’t serve a full term?)
How do i appeal this? The elite judges that are on the ballot, the yes\ no judges, you notice that instead of the candidates name, it says yes no. The only office oon the balot like that. The judges don’t live the same lives we lead. (Appeals Court) Why is the appeals court set up like this ??