Mail-in ballots further Taylor’s lead in Salisbury mayoral race, council results remain firm

SALISBURY, Md. – Elections workers were busy in Salisbury Thursday morning, counting the first round of mail-in ballots for Tuesday’s municipal elections.

It was over a little over a two-hour process counting those 221 mail-in ballots. There was no change in terms of those city council’s predicted winners.

As for the mayoral race, candidate Randy Taylor gained a little more momentum with his lead. The mail in ballots counted puts his total vote count at 1120 votes, with Megan Outten trailing behind with 1055.

We got to speak with Taylor after those results were announced and he said he was happy with the numbers. “I think it’s all about moving Salisbury forward. My campaign theme has been progress with transparency, and I hope to live up to that,” Taylor said.

The Wicomico Board of Elections told us this officially puts Jermichael Mitchell in third place. The board of elections will meet for a second canvas on November 17th where they will process 40 provisional ballots and 80 remaining mail-in ballots.

Wicomico County Elections Director Dionne Church said they’ll be accepting other mail-in ballots that were post-marked for November 7th. “At this time, there is a difference of approximately 2% between the top candidate Mr. Taylor and second candidate Ms. Outten. So, that Friday we will be able to determine who will be the winner for the Mayor for the City of Salisbury,” Church said.

Church added that with those mail-in ballots, 17% of the City of Salisbury’s total population participated in this election which is similar 2019.

The Wicomico County Board of Elections said the final count on the 17th will be official. A candidate does have the right to petition for a recount as long as they’re within a 5% margin difference.