Maryland: Agonizing five-day wait for Wynn and Edwards

[Robbien]

Voters in the 4th District of Maryland may not have an official Democratic nominee for their House seat for days because of problems with voting machines and because of the tight primary contest between the incumbent and his challenger.

According to a staff member at the Maryland Board of Elections, the provisional ballots used in some precincts could take up to a week to count.

Rep. Al Wynn (D-Md.) was leading Maryland attorney Donna Edwards at press time by fewer than 3,000 votes with 96 percent of the precincts reporting, according to the Associated Press.

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“There are a lot of provisional ballots up in Montgomery County that have not been counted,” said Edwards press secretary Dan Weber. He indicated that although he was not sure when the official results would be released, he had heard from campaign lawyers that they might not know until Monday, 5 days later than expected.

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Maryland election law demands that candidates must challenge the outcome of an election, if at all, within three days of the results being certified.

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