A judge on Monday said Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett’s office “undeniably sought to persuade and intimidate voters” into supporting the county’s new ambulance fee. But he also decided that firefighters are allowed to campaign for the fee outside polling stations Tuesday.

Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Robert Greenberg ruled that critics of the county’s outreach failed to file a lawsuit soon enough or prove that Montgomery officials would sway voters to support the fee.