Two strategists for former Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich pleaded not guilty to charges of using automated phone messages to suppress votes in overwhelmingly black Maryland jurisdictions on Election Day.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill set a Sept. 22 trial date for Julius Henson, 62, and Paul Schurick, 55.

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