The Delaware Department of Elections identified 750 voters who were registered to the wrong party due to a clerical error, potentially leading to headaches at the polls ahead of a pivotal primary election Tuesday. Spotlight Delaware photo by Jacob Owens
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The Delaware Department of Elections said Wednesday that state officials placed 750 voters who had registered in the past year through an automatic voter registration system into the wrong political party.
The error has caused a surge of criticism since last week when early voting began, particularly in Wilmington. On Tuesday, a government transparency organization sent a letter to the state, seeking answers about why a “glitch” appeared to exist within the Division of Motor Vehicles’ new automatic voter registration system.
The organization, called the Delaware Coalition for Open Government, said voters had been removed from the rolls of registered Democrats, citing an example of two women who had registered to vote in April who were told by poll workers last week that their registrations showed them belonging only to an “other” party.