Baltimore judge holds election hearing on sidewalk and in parking garage, due to courthouse fire
A Tuesday hearing at a Baltimore courthouse on whether to extend the time that some polls would be open to voters that day was moved to a nearby sidewalk and parking garage after a fire erupted in the courthouse basement and required the evacuation of the building.
But Baltimore City Circuit Judge Althea Handy was not deterred and ruled from the bench at around 7:15 p.m. in the parking garage, that four of the polling places in question would be open an extra hour, according to the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Post (reg. req.).
The emergency extension request was made by the U.S. Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards, a Democrat. The campaign contended that some polls had opened an hour late and lines were forcing voters to wait as long as 45 minutes to cast their ballots.
Hat tip: The Hill.
