Maryland Mail-Ballot Mix-Up Prompts GOP Call For Federal Voter-Roll Audit
A Maryland ballot vendor error sent some requested primary mail-in ballots to voters for the wrong party, and the state's conservative Freedom Caucus is demanding a federal audit of Maryland's voter rolls.[1]
The printing error affected some of roughly 400,000 requested primary mail-in ballots.[1] Elections administrator Jared DeMarinis said the state will send replacement ballots and that all corrected ballots are scheduled to be remailed by May 29, ahead of the June 23 primary.[1]
Freedom Caucus leaders are demanding that DeMarinis release state voter rolls to the federal government for an audit.[1]
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- A Maryland ballot vendor error caused some of roughly 400,000 requested primary mail-in ballots to be printed and sent for the wrong party.
- Maryland’s conservative Freedom Caucus is demanding that elections administrator Jared DeMarinis release state voter rolls to the federal government for an audit.
- DeMarinis said the state will send replacement ballots and that all corrected ballots are scheduled to be remailed by May 29, 2026, ahead of the June 23 primary.
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