Local ballot affected by unaffiliated changes

The ballot Wicomico County voters will face in November began its shrinking process late yesterday afternoon as a state-imposed deadline for nonaffiliated candidates came and passed without three would-be officeseekers filing the required paperwork.

The Maryland State Board of Elections has a two-stage process for being placed on the ballot as an unaffiliated candidate. Step one involves filing a "Declaration of Intent" which was due on July 6th.

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It's worth noting that I have already edited my side column to reflect these changes. By the way, if you know of any candidate websites I'm not aware of shoot my an e-mail - ttownjotes (at) yahoo.com.