Overview
- President Trump on Monday said he will ask the Justice Department to investigate the ballot mix-up and accused Gov. Wes Moore of wrongdoing, a claim state officials reject.
- Maryland’s elections office is sending every mail voter a replacement packet, with postcards instructing voters to discard the first mailing and to return only envelopes labeled “replacement ballot.”
- Officials say the printing error affected ballots mailed before May 14 and that more than 500,000 voters requested mail ballots, prompting a blanket reissue because they cannot pinpoint who received the wrong party ballot.
- The contractor, Taylor Print & Visual Impressions, admitted a coding mistake, apologized, and said it will cover the cost of reissuing ballots, with all replacement mailings targeted by May 29.
- State election leaders say original ballots will be sequestered and voided and that unique identifiers on return envelopes ensure each voter can cast only one ballot, while GOP groups press for a federal review of voter rolls and the process.