Harris Urges In-person Polling Location on Smith Island

August 28, 2020
Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep. Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) today wrote to the Somerset County Board of Elections urging them to have an in-person polling location for the November 3rd election on Smith Island. Currently, there will not be a polling place on the island on election day or for early voting. Governor Hogan has stated that Maryland will not hold a vote by mail-only election and that each citizen should have the right to vote in person.

Congressman Harris made the following statement:

"Governor Hogan has made it clear that each Marylander should have the option to vote in person in the federal election this fall. Smith Island is remote and requires paid ferry service to the mainland, where Somerset County will have a polling location. Given the costs of travel and unpredictability of weather that could impede getting to the mainland, my constituents on Smith Island who wish to vote in person could very well be disenfranchised of their Constitutional right on election day. I urge the Somerset County Board of Elections to rectify this situation."

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