While the majority of Maryland’s local election boards began counting mail-in ballots weeks ago, state election officials said Wednesday that several hundred thousand ballots remain to be canvassed, a process that involves validating the ballot and recording its vote.
The results are not likely to affect the vast majority of races or ballot measures across Maryland, but there are a handful of local education board races that were too close to call on Election Day.
A winner has also not been called in the 6th Congressional District race, but the number of outstanding mail-in ballots would favor Democratic challenger April McClain Delaney, according to a Republican strategist.
“By far and away it will just widen the gap,” said Paul Ellington, a former executive director of the Maryland Republican Party and chief of staff to former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R), of the uncounted mail-in ballots in the 6th District race. “It’s unfortunate that they don’t count them faster. That’s the way it works in Maryland. A Lot of states count them as they receive them.”