State Board of Elections weighs in on election judges amid concerns in Talbot County

EASTON — After some Talbot County officials and residents raised concerns about the partisan breakdown of election judges, the Maryland State Board of Elections is telling voters that election judge affiliations will not bring about disenfranchisement at the polls in November.

Discussion about the imbalance of election judge political party affiliations surfaced last week after Talbot County Council Member Dave Stepp raised it in a council meeting Sept. 24. He voiced concerns the county Board of Elections was not following state law for election judges, though his motion for the council to send a letter to the elections board failed by a 3-2 vote.

One week later, Talbot County Sheriff Joe Gamble sent a letter to the Talbot County Board of Elections, “strongly” urging the board to follow state law.

The following day, Jared DeMarinis, the state administrator of elections, released a statement regarding the assignment of election judges. In it, he emphasized that Maryland voters should feel “confident” in the state’s election security and “compliance with the law.”



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