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Maryland voters can fill legislative vacancies by mail, if needed | READER COMMENTARY
The argument for appointing replacements to vacancies in the Maryland General Assembly is based largely on the claim that holding special elections would take too long and cost too much money (“Finding a better way to fill Maryland’s state legislative vacancies,” Dec. 5).
Well, there are two simple solutions: Restrict the period of time for campaigning to just a few weeks and conduct the election entirely by mail.
We conducted the Maryland 2020 primary election almost entirely by mail. Many counties then cast more than 50% of their ballots by mail in the 2020 general election.
It’s high time we switched Maryland to voting entirely by mail all of the time just as Oregon, Washington and Colorado have done successfully with lower costs and higher voter turnout.
Filling General Assembly vacancies using vote-by-mail would be a good first step.
— Don DeArmon, Frederick