Mail-in and provisional ballots continue to be counted in Talbot races: Republicans hold three Talbot council seats after Thursday canvass
EASTON — More ballots were counted at the Talbot County Board of Elections on Thursday, with additional mail-ins and provisionals being counted as the end of the election nears. Tammy Stafford, election director for the county, reported Thursday morning there were still 95 mail-in ballots and 317 provisional ballots to be counted. Out of those provisionals, the board approved 236 ballots to be counted in full, 75 to be partially counted, five to be rejected and one to be tabled, or postponed until tomorrow. The rejected ballots were not counted due to issues with mail-in votes already being counted or application complications. The tabled ballot was postponed for a lack of valid ID attached. Once the deadline officially passes at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning, the ballot will be rejected if a valid ID has not been submitted to the Board of Elections. The chairs of both the Talbot County Democratic and Republican Central Committees — Phil Jackson and Shari Wilcoxon, respectively — were in attendance Thursday morning, along with Republican county council candidates Frank Gunsallus and Wade Strickland. Carol Van Erven, running for judge of the orphans’ court, and Anne Rosen, school board, were also present. Multiple written objections were
