Early-voting cloud hangs over Maryland election

As Marylanders head to the polls Tuesday, questions linger over early-voting glitches that could affect the election’s outcome.

After reporting that voting machines had flipped Republican votes to Democrats in several counties, Watchdog.org learned Monday that some of the units were not taken out of service.

Kerri Lastner, who helped her elderly mother vote on Oct. 26, said a voting machine in Baltimore County flipped candidate choices four times before finally accepting the Republican votes.

Lastner informed the Catonsville, Md., poll workers, and got what she called a “dismissive” response.

Lastner said she was told the machines would be “checked out,” but she could not confirm that any action was taken.

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