Votes Could Still Be Cast Manually; Republicans Portray Westchester Scanner Glitch As Chaos
Election delegitimization
Ballot scanners briefly malfunctioned but backup procedures kept voting available. Right-wing accounts frame the hiccup as systemic ‘chaos,’ priming audiences to distrust results and demand restrictive measures, even though the election continued without lost votes.
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Ballot scanners briefly malfunctioned but backup procedures kept voting available. Right-wing accounts frame the hiccup as systemic ‘chaos,’ priming audiences to distrust results and demand restrictive measures, even though the election continued without lost votes.
New York attorney general says office monitoring ballot scanning issue in.... Voting machines across polling sites in Westchester County, N.Y., experienced widespread problems Tu
Westchester voting problems: Ballot scanners not accepting ballots. Ballot scanners were not accepting votes at polling locations across Westchester County on Election
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New York attorney general says office monitoring ballot scanning issue in.... Voting machines across polling sites in Westchester County, N.Y., experienced widespread problems Tu
Paper ballots don’t malfunction. Just saying.
Westchester voting machine problems tied to programming glitch; ballots to be.... Election Day voting has been disrupted across Westchester County after ballot scanners began
Voting machine chaos hits key House battleground. Voting machines across New York's Westchester County are rejecting paper ballots on Election Day , raising concerns about potential delays in one of the
The day republicans vote the absolute most (more than democrats historically), that’s when these machines “malfunction”.
Westchester voting problems: Ballot scanners not accepting ballots. Ballot scanners were not accepting votes at polling locations across Westchester County on Election