Voting Continues in Suburban County Outside New York City, Despite Machine Issue
Officials say voters should stay in line and use emergency ballot bags as scanners reject thicker paper ballots, with every vote expected to count.
- On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, ballot scanners across Westchester County began rejecting ballots, forcing poll workers to direct voters to place ballots in designated orange emergency bags.
- Machines began experiencing problems when polls opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday; the Westchester County Board of Elections identified an issue involving paper ballot thickness as the cause.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James and the Board of Elections emphasized that every vote remains secure. "Westchester voters can still safely fill out and turn in their ballots," James wrote.
- The disruption impacts the closely watched NY-17 congressional contest between Republican Congressman Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley, with both candidates urging voters to remain in line.
- County Executive Ken Jenkins stated officials are working with vendors to resolve the scanner issues, though no timeline for a fix currently exists; voters are advised to exercise patience.
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“The New York Attorney General’s Office said it is monitoring a widespread technical issue with ballot scanning machines in Westchester County that may force the county’s election workers to count votes by hand,” the Washington Sun reports. “None of the county’s voting machines were operating on Tuesday morning, authorities said. It is unclear when they […]
In Westchester County, north of New York City, a problem has arisen with the voting machines used for the midterm elections. Voters can still cast their votes.
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