Maryland ballot blunder triggers GOP push for federal review of blue state's voter rolls
A Maryland primary ballot mix-up has renewed Republican calls for a federal review of the state's voter rolls after some of the 400,000 primary voters requesting a mall-in ballot received...
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A Maryland primary ballot mix-up has renewed Republican calls for a federal review of the state's voter rolls after some of the 400,000 primary voters requesting a mall-in ballot received the ballot of the wrong party this weekend. Maryland’s conservative Freedom Caucus is demanding that state elections officials release Maryland’s voter rolls to the federal government for an audit after a vendor error forced the state to resend thousands of mail-in primary ballots. "The Maryland Freedom Caucus is calling on Secretary of the Election Board, Jared DeMarinis, to immediately release Maryland's voter rolls to the federal government so a proper audit can be conducted to determine the sources of the mistake," the caucus wrote in a statement. "We caution against reissuing another 400,000 ballots and we demand to know how the state intends to differentiate between the first and second printing of these ballots." "The citizens have a right to know the exact process by which ballots will be scrutinized," the statement continued. "With 400,000 double ballots in circulation, we need to be absolutely sure that there is one vote, one person." WHY DOJ IS CAUGHT UP IN TWO DOZEN COURT FIGHTS OVER VOTER ROLLS The group claimed that he mistake undermines confidence in the June 23 primary, pointing the finger at Democrats and the State Board of Elections. "The Maryland Democrats and the bureaucrats over at the Board of Elections have proven once again that they are the biggest purveyors of voter suppression tactics in the state of Maryland," the statement read. "After it was brought to light that roughly 400,000 mail-in ballots were sent out incorrectly, voters who received these flawed ballots will now receive a second ballot, according to the state. Many people's mail-in votes could be erroneously submitted using the old ballot and their vote suppressed because of the negligence of the Maryland Board of Elections and the Maryland Democrats." MARYLAND DODGES SPECIFICS IN ILLEGAL IMMI…