The other day, officials at the Motor Vehicles Administration (MVA) revealed that 18,700 voters may have to cast provisional ballots because MVA failed to transmit updated voter registration information to the Board of Elections.<\/p>\n
Turns out the problem is much worse than we thought<\/a>, as up to 80,000 voters could be affected. That’s around 2% of active registered voters. The problems echo the glitches with the voter registration check-in system<\/a> that plagued the 2006 primary election.<\/p>\n Democrats are hopping mad on this pre-primary fiasco:<\/p>\n Kensington, MD \u2013 State Senator and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Madaleno, Jr.<\/a> released the following statement in response to the new revelations that over 81,000 \u2013 not 18,000 \u2013 voting Marylanders may be incorrectly registered:<\/p>\n \u201c18,000 voting Marylanders being incorrectly registered is dysfunctional management.\u00a0 81,000 voting Marylanders being incorrectly registered is a catastrophic failure.\u00a0 I call on the Hogan Administration to take effective<\/em><\/strong> action on the following items:<\/p>\n \u201cThe chaos being created by this failure subjects real harm to our most cherished democratic values.\u00a0 Literally hundreds of decisions of who are nominees will be have been needlessly put in limbo.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n The other day, officials at the Motor Vehicles Administration (MVA) revealed that 18,700 voters may have to cast provisional ballots because MVA failed to transmit updated voter registration information to the Board of Elections. Turns out the problem is much worse than we thought, as up to 80,000 voters could be affected. That’s around 2% … Continue reading Voter Registration Fiasco Expands. Dems Call for MVA Head’s Resignation<\/span> Madaleno Statement Regarding the New Revelations of\u00a0 <\/strong>Voter Registration Mismanagement <\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Conway and Kaiser Statement on Announcement from MVA<\/h4>\n