The Montgomery County Board of Elections certified the county’s primary election results Saturday afternoon after counting 101 recently discovered uncounted provisional ballots.
because of a state law prohibiting counting of mailed ballots until two days after the election.
The county board decided on Friday to push certification back to Saturday afternoon to canvass the remaining ballots and meet the deadline for the State Board of Elections’ certification meeting, which is scheduled for Monday afternoon and will officially mark the end of the gubernatorial primary.
Once Blair files his petition, the recount will begin within two business days and continue daily until the recount is completed. It’s unclear how long thecould take, but under Maryland state law, a losing candidate has until three days after local certification of the results to file a petition for a recount. In 2018, it took one day for the partial recount to be complete. A full recount will likely take longer.
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