Anne Arundel County sends 10,000 voters incorrect election booklet

About 10,000 registered voters in Anne Arundel County were sent the wrong informational practice ballot for the coming primary election, the county board of elections said Tuesday.

The practice booklet sent to voters displayed an incorrect legislative district on page two, the result of a “localized” printing error, according to a news release.

The board discovered and confirmed the error Tuesday afternoon after it received an inquiry from a local voter, the board said in a statement.

The error is “strictly confined” to the practice ballot book, and voter registration data, election day ballots, mail-in ballots and electronic pollbooks are “secure, 100% accurate, and completely unaffected by” this issue, the board said.

“We are fixing this issue transparently. We appreciate the voter who reached out to us, and we want to assure all Anne Arundel County residents that their actual, official voting ballots will reflect their correct Legislative District,” Anne Arundel County elections director David Garreis said in a statement.

Anne Arundel County’s printing error comes on the heels of Maryland elections officials announcing they’ll have to re-send about 400,000 actual, mail-in ballots to voters.

Anne Arundel County is sending replacement informational practice ballots to affected voters with a clear alert on the front informing voters of the issue and apologizing for the mistake.

The board said its printing vendor, which it did not identify, is prioritizing the corrected practice ballots.

Early voting in Maryland is scheduled for June 11-18. The primary election is on June 23.