Trump calls for DOJ investigation after mail ballot error in Maryland

President Donald Trump said he will ask the Justice Department to investigate a recent mail ballot error in Maryland, pushing unsubstantiated claims that it was the result of fraud.

President Donald Trump said Monday he will ask the Justice Department to investigate a recent mail ballot error in Maryland, pushing unsubstantiated claims that it was the result of fraud.

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Maryland election officials are reissuing around a half-million mail ballots after they said Friday that a vendor issue led to some voters’ receiving primary ballots for the wrong party. Since election officials cannot determine who received the wrong ballot, the state is sending all potentially affected voters new ballots.

Trump said Friday on Truth Social: “In Maryland, they sent out 500,000 Illegal Mail In Ballots, and they got caught! 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.”