Don't Forget: Tuesday Is The Deadline To Request A Mail-In Ballot In Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — If you're planning to vote by mail in Maryland this election, the deadline is today.
Marylanders have until Tuesday to request a mail-in ballot for the 2020 general election.
The Maryland State Board of Elections is encouraging people to vote safe and vote with a mail-in ballot. They are still offering other options for Marylanders to vote.
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You must be registered to vote already, and the deadline passed on October 13.
You can apply online for your mail-in ballot here.
So far, 1.6 million mail-in ballots have been sent to Maryland voters as of Tuesday morning. Of those, the Board of Elections has received nearly 43% -- around 700,000 ballots.
Those 700,000 ballots include 78,000 from Anne Arundel County and more than 66,000 in Baltimore City and Baltimore County.
More than 116,000 ballots were received Monday alone.
Absentee, or mail-in voting, is already more than three times the 2016 figure in Maryland.
"We have a lot more voters voting by mail, but we know how to handle that. It's just a matter of scale, rather than something new," deputy state elections administrator Nikki Charlson said.
Of note, the mail-in figure does not mean all votes were sent through the postal service; it also includes the ballots dropped off at 284 ballot boxes across Maryland.
"We've seen across the country the lines are ridiculous, so this was so much easier," Baltimore voter Carey Cabrera said while dropping off their ballot Tuesday.
A week of in-person early voting begins Monday, and people will still be able to register at the polls.
The number of voting sites on Nov. 3, though, will be limited due to the coronavirus pandemic. The state dramatically reduced the number of voting locations on Election Day from more than 1,600 to 321.
"They are all fully staffed with poll workers and the local boards of elections report they have a nice big bench of election judges," Charlson said.
