Hale calls for color-coded mulligan on mail-in ballot mix-up

By: Bryan P. Sears

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: June 2, 2026

Words: 1,362

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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One Republican candidate for governor is calling on the Maryland State Board of elections to send out yet another round of mail-in ballots, saying the first attempt to fix more than 400,000 ballots just led to more confusion.

Monday’s comments by Ed Hale are the latest fallout from the discovery by state elections officials last month that an undetermined number of voters, Democrats and Republicans, were accidentally sent a ballot for the opposite party’s primary.

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