Board Of Elections: Over 1,600 Ballots Handled Improperly

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- About 1,650 ballots cast in Baltimore City's primary election were handled improperly.

Monday, the state Board of Elections released its findings following a review of the city's primary.

According to our media partner, the Baltimore Sun, 1,188 provisional ballots were inappropriately scanned into the vote tally without judges verifying that the voters were eligible.

Four hundred and sixty-five provisional ballots were not considered.

City election officials plan to count those outstanding ballots this week, then recertify the election.

In the mayor's race, State Senator Catherine Pugh defeated Sheila Dixon in the democratic primary by fewer than 2,500 votes.