A Win for Fair Voting

Though we all know the appeals process is not done, the people of Maryland won today when early voting was declared unconstitutional. As I noted in April, I'm sure there are constitutional arguments for and against early voting (though it seems clear that state constitution does not allow for it in this context). But more importantly, and again as I pointed out previously:

Given Maryland's notorious history with shady elections, the last thing we need are to have mechanisms in place that could bring the validity of election results into question.

This is a win for fair elections and a (more) even playing field, especially given examples such as this story (hat tip: David Wissing).