Closer to home, Marylanders got another whiff of this deliberate incompetence with the rather bizarre appointment of — followed by sudden resignation by — Maryland Deputy Secretary of State Luis E. Borunda to the election integrity panel. That a member of the secretary of state’s office might serve on an election panel makes perfect sense if the state in question was Kansas, but in Maryland, elections are run by an independent board, not the secretary of state. The involvement of Mr. Borunda, a former Baltimore County school board member with minimal election experience, simply proved too embarrassing for all involved, including Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who had no role in that appointment, a spokesman insisted.