ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland officials say a computer error involving voter registration may affect as many as 80,000 voters - about four times as many as officials first estimated over the weekend.
The Motor Vehicle Administration made the announcement on the eve of Tuesday's primary. Affected voters will need to use provisional ballots as a result because their registration has not been updated with new information.
MVA Administrator Christine Nizer says that in the urgency to inform the public due to the imminent primary, the numbers initially reported "did not accurately reflect the total scope of the people impacted."
The MVA first said about 18,760 people were affected.
Two Maryland lawmakers are now calling for Nizer's resignation.
The problem relates to changes voters made to addresses and party affiliation through the MVA's website or kiosks between April 22, 2017 and June 5, 2018.
The State Board of Elections has begun emailing potentially affected voters and encourages anyone who may be affected to contact them.
Nizer says that no eligible voter will be turned away and that impacted voters can vote with a provisional ballot.
Provisional ballots are still counted. In fact, they are counted on the second Wednesday after the election and are particularly crucial in close elections.
