EASTON, MARYLAND — Thursday's mail-in canvass changed who sits in the unofficial top five for Talbot County Council, according to the State Board of Elections results page refreshed late Thursday night. Provisional ballots are still marked not reported, so the race is not finished.
Talbot voters may choose up to five candidates. The unofficial totals now put these five highest: Pete Lesher (D), 9,165; Chuck F. Callahan III (R), 8,816; Susan E. Delean-Botkin (D), 8,400; Dave Stepp (R), 8,325; and Wade Strickland (R), 8,176. Frank Gunsallus (R), who held the fifth spot in the Nov. 4 unofficial count, is sixth at 8,070 — 106 votes behind Strickland.
Before the Nov. 5 mail-in canvass, Delean-Botkin was sixth. Her mail-in total on the refreshed page is 2,356, up from 1,321 on the Nov. 4 page. Gunsallus's mail-in total is 886, up from 477. All 12 of 12 election-day precincts remain reported. Provisional ballots are still NR.
The numbers can move again. The Talbot County Board of Elections schedule calls for a provisional ballot canvass and mail-in ballot canvass Thursday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m., and Mail-In Ballot Canvass II with certification of the election Friday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m., at 215 Bay St., Suite 7, in Easton.
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections
Also: Talbot County
Drawn from public records; drafted with AI and edited by Peter Gorman before publication.
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