End of Story?

The certified vote totals show that the Republicans in Anne Arundel county have kept their numbers with Ron George and Don Dwyer being certified as winners.

I mentioned here that the Democrats have been very aggressive in their challenges during the process and may take legal action. The Baltimore Sun reports here that the Democrats are still considering challenges and refuse to concede.

Sources close to the counting, however, informed me that Democrat attorneys have advised against a challenge by Delegate Cadden. These sources have first hand knowledge of the advice given and are not revealing any confidence by informing this blog that attorneys supervising the count determined that the election was "clean" and that the possible avenues of challenge would have little or no legal viability.

Of particular note, the Dems are challenging rejected provisional ballots by voters who assumed they were registered. In addition, they may try to retroactively challenge certain absentee ballots.

The law, however, is very clear on the registration issue and the Dems have already passed a deadline for further challenges to absentee votes. It is also uncertain what, if any, impact those challenges would have on the final outcome.