ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Board of Public Works voted to terminate 502 positions during a meeting Wednesday.

According to officials, 332 of those positions belonged to people who qualified for Maryland's Voluntary Separation Program (VSP), which aims to reduce the size of the state workforce by working with employees who choose to separate from state employment.

That targeted area of elimination is also under scrutiny after a glitch caused 293 people who qualified for the program to receive twice the amount of their buyout payment.

According to a spokesperson with Governor Wes Moore's office, the error was discovered Monday, October 20, and the payment process was not disrupted due to "considerable risk to modifying the payment file."

All state employees were paid on time but later

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