{"id":13022,"date":"2020-06-03T10:59:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=13022"},"modified":"2020-06-03T10:59:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:59:10","slug":"sbe-explains-mistake-rutherford-calls-for-lamones-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=13022","title":{"rendered":"SBE Explains Mistake; Rutherford Calls for Lamone\u2019s Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Adam Pagnucco.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Board of Elections (SBE) has issued the statement below on vote counting problems in the City of Baltimore\u2019s Council District 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Simultaneously, Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford called on State Board of Elections administrator Linda Lamone to resign. He said the following at this morning\u2019s meeting of the Board of Public Works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday was primary day in Maryland. There were reports of several challenges associated with it. There is some information that\u2019s coming out today with regard to some challenges in Baltimore City. I have not had a chance to review it but with regard to the ballots in the first councilmanic district, that is just another example of the challenges that have been occurring with the State Board of Elections. And I did say earlier in a radio interview that I really think it\u2019s time for the administrator at the Board of Elections to step down. I think it\u2019s time for new leadership there and to be done early, before we \u2013 with enough time to correct all of these issues before we get to November\u2019s general election. And so I call on the Senate to work with us to find new leadership and I encourage the administrator to step down.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting rid of Lamone is easier said than done and the Governor has no power to do it. As I wrote eleven years ago<\/a>, when former Governor Bob Ehrlich tried to oust Lamone, the General Assembly changed state law to make it virtually impossible to fire her without the consent of the Senate. The Gazette wrote at the time, \u201cThe bill is so restrictive that the elections administrator could not be removed from office even if all five members of the State Board of Elections vote to fire her, even if she were convicted of first-degree murder, sentenced to death row and stripped of her voting rights. Only when the state Senate approves a replacement could she be removed. Now that\u2019s job security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only one thing is certain: the fallout from Baltimore\u2019s botched Council District 1 election is just beginning. What will happen next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Adam Pagnucco. The State Board of Elections (SBE) has issued the statement below on vote counting problems in the City of Baltimore\u2019s Council District 1. Simultaneously, Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford called on State Board of Elections administrator Linda Lamone to resign. He said the following at this morning\u2019s meeting of the Board of Public … Continue reading SBE Explains Mistake; Rutherford Calls for Lamone\u2019s Resignation<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[151,414],"tags":[1545,1617,2140,769],"class_list":["post-13022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adam-pagnucco","category-baltimore-city","tag-adam-pagnucco","tag-baltimore-city","tag-linda-lamone","tag-maryland-state-board-of-elections"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-3o2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13025,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13022\/revisions\/13025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}