The Law on Petitions Has To Be Followed

The Maryland Constitution allowed citizens to file petitions to amend County Charter. It requires 10,000 proper signatures.

Some have argued that it is "despicable" for anyone to challenge petitions. I wonder if they would find it equally despicable if others filed petitions for something they didn't like and there were problems with those petitions.

It is perfectly reasonable for people to look at petition signatures to find out if the Board of Elections handled them properly. Even the lawyer for the MoCo Board of Elections said in court that humans can make mistakes. 

There is no doubt at all that the Board of Elections made some mistakes when it reviewed the term limits petitions. For example, there are some instances where there are no signatures yet the Board of Elections staff marked them ok.

Citizens have a right under our state constitution to petition for charter amendments. All citizens have the right to examine and challenge those petitions if it appears they weren't collected properly.