Baltimore City election issues

Baltimore City election issues

THE RESULTS FOR MARYLAND'SPRIMARY ELECTION ARE*STILLNOT IN THIS MORNING.

SEVERALISSUES ARE DELAYING PROCESS,INCLUDING A PROOF READINGERROR, ON A BALLET SENT TOTHOUSANDS OF VOTERS IBALTIMORE CITY..

WMA━2 NEWSERIN MACPHERSON IS LIVE FROMCITY COUNCIL WITH WHAOFFICIALS ARE DOING TO FIX THEPROBLEM.TODAY IS FOCUSED ON CORRECTINGTHAT ERROR━ THE BALTIMORCITY BOARD OF ELECTION STAFFIS GOING TO DUPLICATE THE VOTEFROM THE AFFECTED BALLOTS ONTOCORRECT BALLOTS━ SO THOVOTES CAN BE COUNTED.

THISPROOFING ERROR FOR THEDISTRICT ONE CITY COUNCIL RACEIS SOMETHING BALTIMORE CITYELECTION DIRECTOR ARMSTEADJONES SAYS THEY CAUGHT MONTHSAGO AND REPORTED TO THEMARYLAND STATE BOARD OFELECTIONS.

THE BOARD SAYS THEYREQUESTED THE ERROR BECORRECTED BUT IT WASN'T.

THEBALLOT QUESTION WAS IN THEWRONG COLUMN, MAKING SCANNINGIMPOSSIBLE.

THIS IS ONE OFSEVERAL VOTING ISSUES THISYEAR.

LAST MONTH, MAIL INBALLOTS FOR BALTIMORE CITYVOTERS WERE DELAYED BY ALMOST2 WEEKS& AND SOME VOTERSREPORTED THEY NEVER GOT ONE ATALL.

THERE WAS ALSO AN ISSUEWITH BALLOTS DEEMEDUNDELIVERABLE BY USPS,THOSE VOTERS HAD TO USEPROVISIONAL BALLOTS IN PERSON.THAT'S WHY━ LT.

GOVERNOR BOYRUTHERFORD IS CALLING FOR THEADMINISTRATOR OF THE STATEBOARD OF ELECTIONS TO STEPDOWN.

I think itnew leadership there and to bedone early with enough time tocorrect all these issuesbefore we get to novembergeneral election GOVERNLARRY HOGAN ALSO ADDRESSED THVOTING ISSUES IN HIS PRESCONFERENCE YESTERDAY.

HE SAIHE'S ASKED THE STATE BOARDELECTIONS TO CONDUCT ACOMPLETE REVIEW AND SUBMIT AREPORT BY JULY 3RD.

INADDITION TO FIXING THIS ISSUE━ THE BALTIMORE CITY ELECTIONDIRECTOR SAYS THEY HAVETHOUSANDS OF MAIL IN BALLOTSTO COUNT.

LIVE FROM CITY HALL━EMACERIN, THANK YOU.

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