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Nikki Charlson

Nikki Charlson

Incoming elections administrator wants to be more accessible and proactive in combating threats to voting and election transparency.

The 18-year veteran of the Maryland State Board of Elections will succeed Linda Lamone this fall.

Election

Here’s a look at what is known about the search for a new elections administrator and the expected announcement.

Few details are known but the chair of the state elections board said the pool includes both in- and out-of-state candidates.

Election

League of Women Voters and Common Cause Maryland aren’t backing a particular candidate but say the next administrator should bring certain qualities to the table.

Lamone’s participation in discussions about the search for her successor drew swift rebuke from one state senator who called Lamone’s involvement ‘inappropriate.’

Linda H. Lamone, the occasionally controversial, at times embattled, but seemingly unflappable Maryland elections administrator — currently the second-longest-serving chief elections official in the…

Answers from the Maryland State Board of Elections on some of voters’ most frequently asked questions.

Maryland ranks second in election integrity across the U.S., according to the Democracy Initiative Education Fund, a coalition of 75 civil rights, environmental and civic organizations.

Counties with tight races look to borrow elections workers from neighboring jurisdictions, as everyone races the clock.