Trump orders Justice Department to investigate mail ballots in Maryland

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Source: Politico

05/18/2026 05:04 PM EDT Updated: 05/18/2026 06:56 PM EDT


President Donald Trump on Monday said he would ask the Justice Department to open an investigation into an error regarding mail-in ballots in Maryland, his latest clash with Democratic Gov. Wes Moore as he pushes unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud.

The Maryland State Board of Elections announced last week that it had been “made aware of an error by our mail-in ballot vendor” that led to some voters receiving ballots for the wrong party in the state’s upcoming primaries. Maryland State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis said in a Friday statement that the board was working to address the error by sending replacement ballots.

He said over 500,000 voters had requested mail-in ballots, but added that only voters who were mailed ballots before May 14 were affected by the error. Still, Trump claimed in a social media post, without evidence, that the state “sent out 500,000 Illegal Mail In Ballots, and they got caught!” adding that “nobody knows what’s happening with the first 500,000 they sent.”

Trump has long targeted mail-in voting, spreading conspiracy theories about the practice as the reason for why he lost his reelection bid in 2020. Since then, he has advocated for eliminating no-excuse mail voting — a practice that is common across red and blue states — in favor of allowing for only a very limited use of the voting method.

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[wolfie001]

1. To be expected by that fat orange imbecile racist

[Angrybob2001]

2. Corrected ballot

I'm one of the ppl. Got an email from md SBE.

Maryland State Board Of Elections
Dear,
You were sent a mail-in ballot prior to May 14, 2026. Due to an error in production, that may be the wrong party ballot. SBE will mail you a replacement ballot packet.
You will receive your replacement ballot some time over the course of the next two weeks. It will be marked Replacement Ballot Inside.
Please vote and return only the replacement ballot in the return envelope marked Replacement Envelope.
If you have a ballot that you already received, please destroy the ballot and envelopes. Additional information will be included in the replacement ballot packet.
You can visit vote.md.gov/2026replacementmib to understand what will happen next and view frequently asked questions.
If you have any questions about voting this ballot, please contact us at 410-269-2840 or [e-mail].

[ananda]

3. I haven't voted by mail for awhile.

I want to see my vote enter the record
directly.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. I got the wrong ballot last week, and the email notification last night.

I knew Trump would be all over this. Fuck him.

[purr-rat beauty]

5. Trump has weaponized the US gov't

Against it's own citizens and rights

This is and has been a Constitional crisis for awhile now, where's the leadership???

And where's all the sovereign citizens and 2A-ers to speak out against tyranny

Oh....haha, silly me