Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he would authorize voting by mail for the state's June 2 primary.
WASHINGTON — The state of Maryland will send mail-in ballots to every registered voter in the state, include a return envelope with prepaid postage, and eliminate most forms of in-person voting for its June 2 primary election, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday.
The decision in Maryland stands in stark contrast to the way the state of Wisconsin conducted its primary this past Tuesday in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, and to President Trump’s resistance to calls to prepare for a vote-by-mail election this fall. Trump has made the unsupported claim that voting by mail would lead to fraud.
The plan released by the Board of Elections said it will make contingency plans for “voters who have difficulty receiving mail or who are unable to mark a ballot by hand” but did not explain what the solution would be for those two groups. In addition, “rigorous security and retrieval procedures will be developed, implemented and audited.” But each county will be allowed to have at least one but no more than four ballot drop-off locations for those who prefer not to put their ballot in the mail.
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