Beer and Pilates stand in way of early voting

If the state is going to use American Legion Post 141 in Annapolis as a place to hold an election, the members want to be reimbursed for $4,000 worth of Budweisers, Coronas and Heinekens they won't be allowed to sell for five days.

As for the Brooklyn Park Senior Center, it's already booked for five days of Pilates, quilting and dance classes. Early voting won't work there either, even though the law says it should be a location.

"We're trying to change them," county elections chief Barbara L. Fisher said of the two locations.

Critics say the snafus are small examples of a larger problem with recent changes in the...