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With Maryland鈥檚 June 2 primary under intense scrutiny from a slew of state officials, the Maryland State Board of Elections will meet this Thursday to review the election.
State Board of Elections Vice Chairman Patrick J. Hogan said reviewing an election isn鈥檛 out of the ordinary, and that the 2 p.m. meeting was 鈥渢he soonest we could do it after all the canvassing was done.鈥�
The earlier-than-usual meeting comes amid calls for an聽聽into Maryland鈥檚 June 2 election. The state鈥檚 first largely mail-in primary election saw high voter turnout 鈥� but was also rife with glitches and mishaps.
Top elections officials are also set to answer to state legislators in a House-Senate joint-committee聽聽on Tuesday, during which lawmakers will conduct a 鈥渞eview of implementation and processes鈥� for the primary.
Late or missing ballots, misprints and long lines at in-person voting centers are among the many complaints that arose from the primary. Elections officials scrambled to adopt an unprecedented election system after the primary election was pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
One official in particular has come under fire for how she handled the election: Linda H. Lamone, Maryland鈥檚 long-tenured top elections administrator. Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford (R) and Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) lambasted Lamone for election errors in a Board of Public Works Meeting earlier this month, demanding her retirement.
Lamone blamed a printing vendor, SeaChange, for election misprints and delayed ballot deliveries. Hogan previously said that the State Board of Elections would likely replace the vendor. SeaChange聽聽elections officials for the delayed ballots.
Hogan previously stopped short of saying the board would fire Lamone, and instead said board members 鈥渘eed to get all the answers before we make that determination.鈥� Even if the entire State Board of Elections unanimously voted to oust Lamone, however,聽聽would allow her to continue serving until Maryland鈥檚 Senate approves her replacement.
