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250,000 Ballots REJECTED?! Election Day Chaos
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On Election Day, a programming error left ballot scanners in Westchester County, New York, unable to read paper ballots at 332 polling places, potentially affecting up to 250,000 ballots. Voters cast emergency ballots in orange bags under bipartisan watch, and officials say every vote will still be scanned and counted — but the count in a closely watched House race could now be delayed.
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00:00250,000 ballots. On election day, the machines just stopped reading them.
00:05In Westchester County, New York, scanners at 332 polling places rejected paper ballots.
00:11State officials blame a programming error, not fraud, not the paper.
00:17Voters still cast ballots, sealed in orange emergency bags.
00:22The county says every vote will still be scanned and counted.
00:25But the count in a close House race could now be delayed.
00:30Republican Mike Lawler faces Democrat Kate Conley in a race the nation is watching.
00:36The Attorney General is monitoring it and police will escort the ballots to the count.
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00:53250,000 ballots. On election day, the machines just stopped reading them.

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