Mail-in votes for Thiru Vignarajah will still be counted, Maryland State Board of Elections says

Votes by mail for Thiru Vignarajah in the Baltimore City mayoral primary election will still be counted, the Maryland State Board of Elections said.

Vignarajah dropped out of the Democratic race last week, less than 24 hours before early voting began, and endorsed Sheila Dixon in her bid to unseat incumbent Brandon Scott. The deadline to formally withdraw from the race was in February.

The board said in a news release that under state law, voters may only cast one ballot each, so anyone who already mailed...