Westchester County Election Scanner Glitch: Officials Guarantee All Ballots Will Be Count
Westchester County officials confirm all election ballots will be counted after a printer glitch prevented several scanners from reading paper votes on Elect...
POLICY WIRE — Westchester, NY, USA Technical difficulties disrupted voting operations across Westchester County on Election Day as a printer malfunction prevented electronic scanners from reading paper ballots.
County Executive Ken Jenkins clarified that the issue was a specific programming error that caused the machines to reject ballots with timing marks. In response, election officials instructed voters to place their ballots into secure boxes for manual processing, ensuring no vote was lost.
Both Republican and Democratic leadership have have assured the public that the mechanical failure does not compromise the integrity of the election. Staff are currently working to process the physical ballots to ensure accurate final tall for the county.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
