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Nov 6, 2018 3 tweets 1 min read Read on X
Just a sample of polling station problems so far:
- lack of power cords
- machine outages
- voting machines locked in a closet that no body can open
- a polling station was foreclosed on
- running out of paper ballots
- workers didn’t have the keys to the polling station
Some more problems include:
- High humidity affecting machines
- A fire alarm going off
- A polling site that did not have one of the ballot styles on hand
- scanners malfunctioning at various polling locations
Updated list at 530pm Eastern Time:
- the paper ballots at polling sites were too big for the machines to scan. Officials are waiting on a cutting machine to trim the ballots down to size
- an asst electoral judge directed racist language at a voter #midterms2018⁠ ⁠

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