Maryland Reissues 400,000 Mail Ballots After Vendor Sent Wrong Party Ballots for June Primary
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Updated · WBAL TV Baltimore · May 18
Maryland Reissues 400,000 Mail Ballots After Vendor Sent Wrong Party Ballots for June Primary
9 articles · Updated · WBAL TV Baltimore · May 18
More than 400,000 Maryland voters who requested mail-in ballots will get replacements after election officials concluded they could not reliably identify which voters received the wrong party ballot.
A vendor error affected ballots mailed before May 14 in the state's closed June primary, with some registered voters sent another party's ballot and unaffiliated voters sent ballots they should not have received.
Jared DeMarinis, the state elections administrator, urged voters to use the replacement ballot and said safeguards will ensure only the correct ballot is counted for each voter.
The board is mailing postcards with instructions to affected voters as President Donald Trump attacked Maryland's vote-by-mail system, prompting DeMarinis to accuse him of spreading misinformation.
What new vendor safeguards will prevent another 400,000-ballot election error in Maryland?
What is the total financial cost to taxpayers for reissuing over 400,000 primary ballots?