US midterm voting goes smoothly with only a handful of issues nationwide
Summary
Millions of Americans voted in midterm elections, and officials reported relatively few problems nationwide. Issues included ballot-scanning failures in New York, a ballot shortage in Kansas, scanner problems in Georgia, and technical or equipment concerns in several other states; some ballots will be counted later or voting hours may be extended.Key Facts
- Westchester County, New York, reported that machines could not scan ballots at 332 polling locations, affecting as many as 250,000 ballots.
- Westchester County officials directed voters to use emergency ballots, which would be sealed and counted later.
- A Kansas polling place ran short of ballots after an order mistakenly requested 100 instead of 100,000 paper ballots.
- Georgia officials sought permission to rescan more than 1,000 early votes after two scanners malfunctioned.
- Mississippi reported a precinct that opened late, temporarily unavailable voting machines, and problems with state agency websites.
- Voters in Tennessee raised concerns that touch-screen machines selected Republican candidates when they tried to choose Democratic candidates.
- North Carolina election officials considered extending voting by four hours in counties affected by technical problems and delayed the release of results by one hour.
- Officials in some Tennessee and Oklahoma locations used emergency ballot bins, with those ballots set to be counted after polls closed.
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