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A duplicate ballot arriving at one Maryland home is raising new questions about a batch of replacement mail-in ballots sent to more than 400,000 voters. The replacement mail-in ballots were rushed to voters last month after it was discovered that the state’s printer had mistakenly sent some Democratic and Republican voters the ballot for the wrong party. But in the rush, at least one voter received two replacement ballots. New concerns about the replacement ballots arose last week. A family member of a Maryland Matters reporter received two new ballots in three days. Both ballots are marked as replacements. Bryan P. Sears, Maryland Matters.
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The HR of Democracy
New report examines election staffing and offers recommendations for workforce planning
By Alysoun McLaughlin, director, Election Resilience Lab
Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement, University of Maryland
Across the country, election officials describe familiar workforce challenges: staffing shortages, outdated compensation, increasing workload and difficult working conditions.
A new report from the Election Resilience Lab at the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement looks at the role of local governments as employers in addressing these challenges. The HR of Democracy: Understanding the Election Workforce looks at how election offices are staffed, how election work is changing, and what it takes for election officials to make the case for the staffing, skills and support they need.
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