Maryland Lt Gov rejects Trump's corruption claims over mail-in voting error: 'It happens'

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Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller pushed back on President Donald Trump ’s call for a Justice Department investigation into a state mail-in ballot error, rejecting allegations of corruption and arguing election administration mistakes occur in almost "every election." Trump called for the DOJ to open an investigation into some Maryland voters receiving incorrect mail-in ballots for the upcoming primary elections, after election officials admitted to an error by the state’s election board. This prompted Trump to put the blame on Democrat Gov. Wes Moore, accusing him of corruptly interfering with the election process to ensure a win for Democrats. The Maryland State Board of Elections announced that it had been "made aware of an error by our mail-in ballot vendor," Taylor Print & Visual Impressions (TPVI), Inc. TRUMP CALLS FOR DOJ PROBE INTO MARYLAND MAIL-IN BALLOT ERROR, SUSPECTING 'CORRUPT' GOV. WES MOORE TIES "This was done by the Corrupt Governor of the State, Wes Moore," Trump wrote on Truth Social May 18. "He allowed this to happen in order to make sure that Democrats win. Miller told Fox News Digital that the Maryland State Board of Elections operates independently from the governor's administration and characterized ballot-distribution errors as a recurring issue in election administration. "The administration, they’re a separate body from us, the board of elections," Miller said. "And it happens, sometimes," she continued. "Ballots get mailed the wrong way. It happens almost in every election. While election administration errors have occurred in Maryland, including a voter-roll software glitch in 2018, there is no publicly available evidence showing that incorrect mail ballots are an "every election" occurrence. The state elections board will send out new ballots to all voters who were mailed one before May 14, acknowledging that many voters receiving new ballots may not have been affected by the mishap. The state elections board said there was "no risk of…