The Montgomery County Board of Elections certified the 2022 Gubernatorial Primary Election on Saturday, August 13, 2022. Marc Elrich lead David Blair by 35 votes and a petition was filed by Blair for a recount of all votes cast in the contest for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the office of Montgomery County Executive. The petitioner, David Blair, requested a manual recount of all voted paper ballots ( Maryland State Board of Elections Recount Guide ).
Montgomery County Board of Elections began the recount on Friday August 19, 2022, at the Germantown Community Recreation Center (Gym), 18905 Kingsview Rd, Germantown, MD 20874. After a recount of all early voting ballots and most from Election Day, the recount will continue into mail-in/provisional ballots on Monday and will be conducted from 09:30 AM to 7:00 PM daily until completed. As of now, it appears David Blair has narrowed the lead by one vote, to 34.
All recount sessions are open to the public and will be livestreamed on the Board of Elections website:
Monday, August 22, 2022 at 9:30 AM
Germantown Community Recreation Center (Gym), 18905 Kingsview Rd, Germantown, Maryland 20874
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