Early voting opponents sue state elections board

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Opponents of the new early voting law have filed a lawsuit in Annapolis asking a judge to reverse decisions by state elections administrator Linda Lamone and the state elections board blocking part of their petition drive to put the issue on the November ballot.

In court papers, the lawyers for Tom Roskelly and Marylanders for Fair Elections argue that Lamone and the board relied on erroneous opinions of the state attorney general in rejecting their petitions for a referendum on a 2005 bill providing for early voting.

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