President Donald Trump on Monday called for the Department of Justice to investigate Maryland’s mail-in ballot system after a mishap led to voters receiving the wrong party ballot for the primary election.
Trump’s direction also comes as Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) is renewing calls to redistrict the state’s congressional districts after his initial directive failed in the state legislature.
The president said the investigation is due to an error confirmed by Maryland’s State Board of Elections that thousands of mail-in ballots were sent out incorrectly, leading some voters to receive the wrong party for the gubernatorial primary.
“In Maryland, they sent out 500,000 Illegal Mail In Ballots, and they got caught!” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “So now, they’re going to send out 500,000 more Mail In Ballots, but nobody knows what’s happening with the first 500,000 they sent.
“In addition, many of these Ballots went to Democrats, so any
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