Citing poorly trained poll workers, faulty technology, and lack of communication between state and local officials, a report commissioned by Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler deemed the 2006 primary election one of the state?s “most disastrous.”

The report, issued by a task force commissioned by Gansler, pulled nopunches in its assessment of the state?s primary election, which featured late-opening polling stations and long lines for some voters.