ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 22 (DC Times Online) — Maryland election officials removed Ian Andre Roberts from the state voter rolls on June 2, a move that renewed criticism from Republican lawmakers who say the case exposed weaknesses in how the state maintains its election records.
Republican Del. Matt Morgan, who chairs the Maryland House Freedom Caucus, said the episode shows why “Marylanders have lost faith in our elections.”
State voter-registration forms show Roberts checked the citizenship box and signed under penalty of perjury twice, and the records cited in the reporting show he remained on Maryland’s rolls for more than a decade. The same records show absentee ballots were mailed to him.
The Maryland State Board of Elections had earlier been warned by its administrator, Jared DeMarinis, against “improper cancellation,” a reference to the risk of removing eligible voters while cleaning up the rolls.
The reporting does not show whether Roberts cast a ballot in Maryland, and it does not include the board’s full explanation for why the removal took place on June 2.
The case also drew continued scrutiny from the Maryland Freedom Caucus and Republican members of Congress, who have pressed state officials for answers about how Roberts remained registered for so long.
