Changes in Election Board Statistics that would be Helpful

The Maryland State and Montgomery County Boards of Election provide interested citizens with statistics about election results, but there is room for improvement.

For example, the County Board of Elections provides a precinct-by-precinct breakdown of how many people voted on election day and for whom they voted, but it doesn't do this for early voting, absentee ballots, and provisional ballots.

We know this could be done because the State Board of Elections provides a precinct-by-precinct breakdown of the turnout in elections, and also because the Board must have this information in order to determine which ballot to provide those who vote early, absentee, or provisional.

Also, for those of us who take the time to add all the figures, we find that the totals don't always jive with what the Board of Elections says the totals are.

Hopefully in the future the State and County Boards of Elections could provide more precinct-by-precinct voting and turnout information, and more details about all statistics that are of great interest to many people who follow election details.