“As Chair of the Maryland State Board of Elections, I have accepted the immediate resignation of Carlos Ayala. The Board is committed to maintaining the security and integrity of our elections in Maryland in a non-partisan manner. The State Board will remain steadfast in our mission to oversee our elections process and serve as a trusted source of information for all Marylanders during this presidential election year,” says Maryland Board of Elections Chair Mike Summers in a statement.
Weird how the Summers, a Democrat, wouldn’t be a little more forthcoming with the reason why Ayala, a Republican, had quit. The “security and integrity of our elections in Maryland in a non-partisan manner” and “serve as a trusted source of information for all Marylanders during this presidential election year” parts sure are kind of cryptic or even disconcerting, right?
Luckily for us we have sources of information other than Mike Summers: CNN reports that Ayala’s been arrested and charged with jabbing a Capitol police officer with a flagpole during the January 6th, 2021 MAGA insurrection, which probably explains that “security and integrity of elections” line.