FBI, chief prosecutor ready unit for election fraud

Maryland’s U.S. attorney’s office is readying a task force to review allegations of election fraud as officials gear up for a chaotic turnout at the polls Nov. 4.

A team of federal prosecutors and FBI agents will be on duty while the polls are open and will respond to complaints before Election Day, said U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein. The task force isn’t new — the office has established one almost every election — and complaints are few, but Rosenstein said the high stakes and strong emotions of this year’s election could provoke allegations of wrongdoing.