Vote counting machines at about 60 vote centers in Maricopa County, Arizona, stopped processing ballots. The problem was due to a printing error. Ballots placed instead in a secure box remained under full chain of custody control.
"Democrats running elections here knew this would happen," tweeted conservative talk show hostOn his social media platform Truth Social, former President Donald Trump,"Reports are coming in from Arizona that the voting machines are not properly working in predominantly Republican/Conservative areas."
The tabulators are the last step for voters after they’ve filled out their ballots. Before voters leave, they place their ballot face down on the machine and watch it as the machine pulls it inside. Optical scanners record each vote. In about a quarter of the county’s polling locations, the machines stopped taking every ballot. Some stopped taking any.
It turns out, the problem was the printers that churn out ballots on demand. They didn’t print a time code dark enough, and without that, the tabulators wouldn’t accept the ballot. Speaking at about 2 p.m. local time, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates said the problem had been fixed at 17 centers and work was underway at the rest. Gates said no voter was turned away.
"People were still able to vote, it was just a matter of maybe not voting in the way they wanted to," Gates
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