Maryland State Board of Elections holds emergency session to set deadlines

An emergency session of the Maryland State Board of Elections took place on Monday. Due to this year’s primary being moved from late June to mid-July, the board had to set new deadlines for candidates to withdraw from the general election ballot. The Board voted unanimously to set Aug. 16 as the date for nominees from the primary to withdraw from the general election ballot. That date is also the deadline for local election officials to remove candidates due to disqualification.