Maryland’s longtime elections administrator set to retire

Maryland’s longtime elections administrator is retiring.

Linda Lamone, who’s 80, introduced her plans to retire throughout a Maryland State Elections Board assembly on Wednesday.

Lamone has been the state’s elections administrator since 1997. She mentioned she is going to step down round Sept. 1.

The state administrator of elections is the chief election official in Maryland. The administrator oversees the capabilities of the state elections board and supervises the operations of native boards of elections. The administrator additionally receives and audits monetary stories of candidates.

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Throughout her lengthy tenure, Lamone survived a push for her removing throughout former Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s administration. Leaders within the Democratic-controlled legislature blocked the transfer. A legislation was enacted on the time to require that 4 out of 5 state elections board members vote for the administrator’s removing.

A measure to alter that legislation is earlier than lawmakers this session. Each homes have handed a model of the invoice.

The administrator is appointed by the five-member state board with consent of the state Senate.