Voting machine glitches hit Westchester County in New York

Voting machines suffered widespread technical malfunctions across Westchester County in southeastern New York on Tuesday, forcing election workers to collect paper ballots manually as voting in US midterm elections continues.

Election administrators instructed poll staff to check in arriving voters normally and deposit cast paper ballots into designated orange bags while technicians deploy to resolve hardware failures across polling sites, local network Westchester News 12 reported, citing the Westchester County Board of Elections (BOE).

The sealed containers will travel directly to the Board of Elections when the voting closes, and the election personnel will count those ballots before tabulating ballots processed through voting machines.

Officials warned that manual counting procedures could delay initial vote tallies.

New York Attorney General Letitia James noted that her office is monitoring the scanner malfunctions and remains in active contact with state and local election boards as officials work toward a solution.

"Westchester voters can still safely fill out and turn in their ballots at their polling locations," she wrote on US social media platform X, assuring the electorate: "Your votes will count."

The Westchester County Government said the BOE apologizes to voters and poll workers for the inconvenience, and it is taking "every necessary step to address the issue as quickly as possible."

It urged voters to "remain in line, exercise patience and, most importantly, cast their ballots."

Voting disruptions and polling site relocation in Florida

Voting also faced brief interruptions in the state of Florida, where electronic login problems caused delays at several Broward County polling sites, Local 10 News reported.

Technical teams were deployed to fix the electronic system errors, and election officials confirmed voting resumed normally soon after.

Flooding also forced election officials to relocate a polling station in the town of Davie, just north of Miami, moving voters assigned to Precinct 2018 at Paradise Village Clubhouse to Precinct T013 at Treetops Park on Southwest 100th Avenue.