Elections board files motion to stop lawsuit, says plaintiffs are ‘trying to disenfranchise Maryland voters’

The Maryland State Board of Elections on Monday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a group alleging improper maintenance of its voter rolls ahead of the May 14 primary election.

The lawsuit filed in federal court in March on behalf of United Sovereign Americans, a nonprofit Missouri corporation, and Maryland Election Integrity, a limited liability corporation founded by a South Carolina lawyer, alleges that the State Board of Elections is in violation of federal law because...