Maryland Decertifies Results of Recent Primary - 296 Delegates at bay pending inquiry

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND’S PRIMARY RESULTS DECERTIFIED BY STATE BOARD, PROVISIONAL BALLOTS FOUND NOT COUNTED, OTHER IRREGULARITIES
by DAWN PAPPLE * MAY 12, 2016 * Inquisitr.com

Maryland held its primary elections two weeks ago, but on Thursday, the State Board of Elections ordered the decertification of the Baltimore primary election results. The election results in Baltimore had been certified on Monday, but a precinct-by-precinct review of voter irregularities is now underway.

The State Board of Elections called for the decertification of the Baltimore election results after 80 provisional ballots were discovered uncounted. Linda H. Lamone, the State Board of Elections administrator, told WJZ that there were also a number of discrepancies at more than one precinct of a different nature. There were a number of people who had checked in at their polling locations, who either never cast their ballots or their ballots are unaccounted for.

“They are supposed to report that information to me before the election is certified,” Lamone explained. “Baltimore City did it I think about the same time and when we looked at the reconciliation we saw that there were some discrepancies that we weren’t happy with.”

Additionally, election watchdogs claimed that there were late openings at polling locations, voters who had been turned away at their polling locations, voters who had been misdirected by poll workers, a rush to train enough election judges to handle any voting issues, and data files of the actual election results that went missing for one day.

Consequently, all 296 precincts are now under review.

http://www.inquisitr.com/3090462/baltimore-marylands-primary-results-decertified-by-state-board-provisional-ballots-found-not-counted-other-irregularities/