State election board seeks to count Harborplace votes while appeal waits

The State Board of Elections is asking the Maryland Supreme Court to allow the counting of votes for a Baltimore ballot question that asks residents whether they want to rezone the Inner Harbor to make way for new development.

A lower court on Monday found the ballot question, which would change a section of Baltimore’s charter dealing with what can be built around the Inner Harbor, to be improper, and the judge ruled that any votes cast on the issue should not be counted.

A group of Baltimoreans, most of whom live in predominantly white neighborhoods, had challenged the measure, known as “Question F,” in Anne Arundel County Court on the grounds it was too confusing for voters.

On Tuesday, the State Board of Elections filed an appeal to the Maryland Supreme Court. The Baltimore Law Department also filed a motion to intervene in the case, which would allow it to argue why the Harborplace question should remain on the ballot.



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