Maryland Becomes Earliest State In U.S. To Count Mail-In Ballots

GLEN BURNIE, MD - OCTOBER 07: Reider White II, the voting systems manager, feeds mail-in ballots into a high speed ballot scanner to be tabulated in a warehouse at the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections headquarters on October 7, 2020 in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The ballot canvas for mail-in and absentee ballots began on October 1st in Maryland, the earliest in the country. Every ballot goes through a five step process before being sliced open and tabulated. (Footage by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)