Election Day chaos erupts in New York as ballot scanners across Westchester County experience widespread failures, leaving voters facing unexpected problems just as the crucial 2026 midterm elections get underway.The malfunction began when polling stations opened at 6 a.m., with scanners rejecting completed ballots at numerous voting locations. Election officials activated emergency procedures, instructing voters to fill out paper ballots and place them in designated orange emergency ballot bags to be securely counted later. Officials subsequently attributed the scanner problem to ballot-paper thickness.
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