By Kate Sullivan
In what some are calling a scandal of transparency; the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (DOJ) has opened an inquiry into the Maryland State Board of Elections’ (SBOE) compliance with voter registration laws following troubling findings in a recent voter roll audit. Maryland drew scrutiny from the DOJ due to its implausibly high 98% voter registration rate (comparatively, the national average is 69%) prompting an explanation—raising red flags among election integrity advocates, who call this a textbook case of “dirty voter rolls.”
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