About 15% of state and local candidates failed to submit their latest campaign finance statements due to the Maryland Board of Elections on August 30.
That’s nearly double the rate of candidates who typically miss campaign finance reporting deadlines, Jared DeMarinis, director of candidacy and campaign finance for state election commissions, told board members on Wednesday. .
Known as the “Pre-General 1” report, these latest campaign finance statements cover fundraising and spending activity from July 4th through August 23rd.
Candidates fail to turn in campaign reports on time for a variety of reasons, DeMarinis said, but the numbers typically spike immediately after the primary.
“A lot of people who lose primaries tend to forget,” he said.
Within a week after the deadline, the Electoral Commission typically sends a gentle reminder to the discouraged by email or postcard. After about a week, the number of non-reporting candidates dropped significantly: “Overall, he’s the one who never gets the last 8% of hers.”
DeMarinis said the remaining non-filers will be turned over to the state attorney’s office, where they can be fined, negotiate settlements, and possibly start legal action.
some important election days
Speaking of the next election, the Maryland Election Commission on Wednesday announced several key administrative dates and activities as Election Day approaches.
The state commission said mail-in ballot packets will be sent to military and overseas voters who requested mail-in by the federally mandated September 24 deadline, and mail-in ballot packets to other requesting voters will begin on Thursday. said. The state also said ballot packets will be mailed to voters in certain jurisdictions the following day.
- Thursday: Allegany, Caroline, Carroll, Dorchester, Somerset, Worcester counties
- Friday: Anne Arundel, Calvert, Cecil, and Charles Counties
- Saturday: Frederick County, Garrett County, Montgomery County
- Monday: Harford, Howard, Kent, Queen Anne and Prince George Counties
- Tuesday: City of Baltimore, St. Mary’s County, Talbot County, Washington County, Wicomico County
- October 5: Baltimore County
On Thursday, state election commissions will begin sending out the first emails containing a unique voting link to U.S.-based voters who have requested their ballots electronically.
Earlier this week, the state began the process of delivering and installing official ballot drop-boxes throughout Maryland. It takes approximately 5 days to deliver and install all 281 ballot drop-boxes. A list of ballot box locations is available online (and in Spanish).
A voter who chooses to use a ballot drop-box may submit a properly filled-in vote-by-mail ballot to any official drop-box, as long as the official drop-box is located in their country of residence. Ballots may be submitted from the time the ballot box is set up and opened until 8:00 p.m. on his November 8th election day. Ballot boxes will be locked immediately at 8:00 pm on Election Day.
The early deadline to register to vote is October 18th. Eligible Marylanders can register to vote by using the state board of elections online application page or by completing an application in person at a local board of elections office.
Deadline to Request Mail-in Ballots The deadline to request a link to a mail-in ballot is November 4th.
Early voting will take place from October 27th through November 27th. 3. The final list of early voting centers can be found here (and in Spanish). After the July primaries, some early voting center locations have changed. Early voting centers are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
A complete list of Election Day polling places can be found at the bottom of the Election Commission’s 2022 Elections landing page under “Polling Places and District Reports.” The best way for individual voters to locate their polling place is through the Voter Look-Up website. Polls will be open on Election Day from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on November 8.
Missur on air
Heather Mizeur, the Democratic candidate for Congressional First District, began running a 30-second TV ad in the Baltimore market this week. It will also soon be available at Salisbury Market.
The ad features two distinct East Coast community leaders speaking to the camera from downtown Cambridge. Jeff Powell, a developer and Republican former Dorchester County Commissioner, and Johnny Shockley, a third-generation waterman from Hoopers who is from his Island and is politically independent.
“I usually vote Republican,” Powell says.
“I am an independent voter,” said Shockley. “But we do agree on one thing—”
“Heather Mizzour,” they say in unison. They continue to talk about her background and her way of thinking in Missur, her role in her community, and her desire to get things done regardless of which political party she supports.
The ad ends with Missur and two men walking down the Cambridge waterfront.
“Heather is the real deal,” says Powell.
Mizeur’s campaign has indicated plans to keep the seat during the election. Her Republican opponent, her sixth-term Congressman Andy Harris, has yet to air.
Hare beats Pitman
Anne Arundel County Assemblywoman Jessica Hare (Republican) began airing a new 30-second TV spot Wednesday in an attempt to oust county commissioner Stuart Pittman (Democrat). Heading to camera from her softball practice to picking up her daughters, Haire begins by discussing the to-do lists that most families make on a daily basis.
“Every mom has a list,” she says, with an image of the checklist filling the screen. “Kids. Work. School. Carpool.
“But what about Anne Arundel County’s list of issues that we need to work on? I’m the one who solved it.”
Haire flaunts her credentials as an attorney and civil engineer and presents her county wish list on a yellow legal pad.
- Cut property tax and income tax
- fund the police and public safety
- More Teachers, More Buses
- less politics
“Local leadership is key,” Hare said at the end of the ad, before item 5 appeared on screen and crossed out with Stuart Pittman.
Called to serve as an authority on resilience
Speaking of Pittman, he and Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley, a Democrat, announced Wednesday the list of those elected to the new Anne Arundel County Resilience Authority board of directors.
The county and city have partnered to establish the agency as a quasi-governmental entity in 2021 to identify and fund the construction of projects that address the impacts of climate change. The two governments announced in May that he had hired an interim board of directors, so the next step will be the election of a board.
“No American capital is more seriously threatened by rising sea levels than Annapolis,” Buckley said in a statement. “Currently, we are investing in rebuilding and reinforcing City Dock, but that is just one of more than 17 miles of coastline in the city.”
Here are the people Mr. Pittman has appointed to the authorities: Jamie Benoit, former Ann Arundel County Councilman and chairman and CEO of Information Analysis, Inc.; Teresa Sutherland, CPA. Veronique Bugnion, CEO of Clearly Energy, Inc. and Professor of Climate Finance at Johns Hopkins University. Stacey Schaefer, land conservation expert at RES. Mike Sewell, Safety Officer, Ernest Maier, Inc. Emily Clifton, Associate Executive Her Director of the Center for Low Impact Development. And Mariah Davis, Senior Her Policy and Campaigns Manager at the Choose Clean Water Coalition/National Wildlife Federation, said:
They serve with Buckley’s appointees. Nate Vietnam is self-employed.Vince Leggett, Founder of The Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation
“This board is exactly the diversity of experience and professionalism we were looking for,” said Pittman.
The first meeting of the authorities will be held on October 25th.
call from 227
This isn’t necessarily political news, but it’s hard to ignore.
The Maryland Public Service Commission announced Wednesday the assignment of 227 as a new area code that will eventually serve the same geographical areas of Maryland currently served by the 240 and 301 area codes. did.
The remaining supply of phone numbers available in the 240/301 area is projected to be exhausted in the second quarter of 2023. New area codes need to be established to support future demand in this region. Customers with 240 or 301 area codes will keep their existing area codes and their phone numbers will not change.