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Gov. Moore signs improved ballot processing into law

Democracy advocates and legislative leaders join Gov. Moore as he signs a ballot processing bill into law.

Gov. Moore signs ballot processing bill into law
Joe Andrucyk, Patrick Siebert | CC-BY-3.0
Gov. Moore signs ballot processing bill into law, along with Lt. Gov. Miller, Senate Pres. Ferguson, Speaker Jones, MD LWV, Maryland PIRG, Sen. Washington, Sen. Kagan, Del. Feldmark, the State Board of Elections, and MD Association of Counties

On Monday, Gov. Wes Moore signed a ballot processing bill into law. The new law updates and improves the voting processes by enabling elections staff to begin processing (not counting) mail-in ballots in advance of election day; requiring precinct- level reporting for all ballots; and enabling voters to correct an error by adding their signature on a ballot envelope if it was left blank. The bill also changed the date of the 2024 primary election to not conflict with major holidays.

A similar bill passed in 2022, but was then vetoed by then Gov. Larry Hogan.

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