Judge rules Maryland early voting law unconstitutional
This was expected by both parties to go in the favor of early voting.
Some highlights from the article
- The constitution allows voting only on a single day in November, not for several days
- It would be illegal to allow voters to cast ballots outside their home precincts
- The General Assembly exceeded its constitutional authority
- [The judge] chided lawmakers for “inartful drafting” of the bills
- With less than four weeks before the first early voting was to begin, the likelihood of voting early was uncertain.
- “Early voting in and of itself is a good thing. It’s the way it was done,” said Audra Miller, spokeswoman for the Maryland Republican Party.
From the Washington Post