A story last week about the State Board of Elections rejecting online ballot marking questioned the experience of Unatek, the outside contractor hired to perform IT security tests on the proposed election system. Charles Iheagwara, managing director of Unatek of Largo, said after the story was published that the firm had conducted similar tests in the past, but some of these clients could not be disclosed.
Read MoreFacing the prospect of same-day registration for early voters, Republican delegates battled Wednesday to pass amendments intended to safeguard elections from fraud. Republicans feel that voter fraud is a widespread problem across the state and that most efforts to expand voting access further weaken the integrity of the vote.
Read MoreAfter some pre-election hype, the Maryland Democratic Party and Election Integrity Maryland (EIM) agreed, Election Day concerns over voter suppression efforts and voter fraud occurrences really didn’t materialize to the extent either side expected.
Read MoreThousands of absentee voters from Maryland will be the first to mark their ballots online this fall, as the attorney general gave the green light to the State Board of Elections Thursday. But at least one advocacy organization said the new online ballot marking program, along with the state’s just started online registration process, is open to voter fraud.
Read MoreLeft and right disagree on whether efforts to require ID cards and other restrictions on voting amount to legitimate efforts to eliminate voter fraud or are really aimed at voter suppression based on a problem that doesn’t exist.
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