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Ballot scanners fail countywide in Westchester County on Election Day

A scanner malfunction across Westchester County, N.Y., forces manual paper-ballot collection in a race that could decide a pivotal House seat.

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What to know

  • Ballot scanners across Westchester County, a roughly one-million-resident suburb north of New York City, began rejecting paper ballots countywide shortly after polls opened.
  • Election workers are collecting ballots by hand in sealed orange bags, which will be counted first before machine-processed ballots, raising the risk of delayed results.
  • The malfunction directly affects New York's 17th Congressional District, a closely watched race between Rep. Mike Lawler and Democratic nominee Cait Conley.
  • State AG Letitia James and both congressional candidates are urging voters to stay in line, while technicians and vendors work to fix the scanners.

“🚨 WESTCHESTER COUNTY: YOU CAN STILL VOTE. The RNC is on the ground and in contact with local election officials.”

RNC, Republican National Committee · RedState ↗ · Nov 2

Mike LawlerMike Lawler U.S. Rep. (R-NY), seeking reelection in NY-17Cait Conley Democratic nominee for NY-17Letitia JamesLetitia James New York Attorney GeneralKen Jenkins Westchester County ExecutiveScott PreslerScott Presler Republican activistWestchester County Board of Elections Election administrator

Ballot scanners fail countywide in Westchester County on Election Day
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  1. 4

    Conley and Lawler both urge voters to stay, cite bipartisan fix effort

    News 12 reported Democratic candidate Cait Conley urged voters to remain in line and said the Board of Elections was working bipartisanly to resolve the issue, while Lawler reiterated every ballot would be counted; reports of the malfunction came from polling sites in Yonkers, White Plains and Montrose, while neighboring Rockland, Dutchess and Putnam counties reported no problems.

    “Every ballot will be counted.”
    — Mike Lawler
    1. 9 outlets Vote-scanning machine malfunction expected to delay counting in New York's Westchester County

      first by PBS NewsHour, 4d ago · also Philadelphia Inquirer, Goshen News, Toronto Star, Orlando Sentinel, Baltimore Sun, Mercury News +2

      1 more headline
    2. 5 outlets New York State Board of Elections Issues Statement on Westchester County Ballot Scanner After Machines Reject Ballots at Up to 332 Polling Sites Affecting as Many as 250,000 Votes

      first by The Gateway Pundit, 4d ago · also CBS News, Scripps News, The Washington Sun, Washington Times

      7 more headlines
    2 more claims →

    • ELECTION DAY VOTING FIASCO 🚨 I just voted in Westchester County, and the machines are STILL down. Now the whole mess is heading to court. Here’s what we know about the countywide voting machine failures and what happened when I went to cast my own ballot. @News12WC

      @tararosenblumX4d ago1.2k▲view on X ↗
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    • newsguyusa@flipboard.social

      The paper ballots are apparently too thick to be processed by voting machines throughout Westchester County in New York. https:// abc7ny.com/post/election-day-s canner-problem-affects-westchester-polling-sites/20011651/

      newsguyusa@flipboard.socialMastodon4d ago6▲view on Mastodon ↗
    • janc4.bsky.social

      Voter machines not counting votes today in Westchester County NY. Never happened before America in break glass mode. @governor.ny.gov @newyorkstateag.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social @cnn.com @pbsnews.org @nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @abc7.bsky.social @cbsnews.com @bloomberg.com

      janc4.bsky.socialBluesky4d agoview on Bluesky ↗
    all of them →
  2. 3

    Axios flags delay risk for Lawler-Conley House race

    Axios reported the scanner failures could delay results in one of the nation's most competitive House races, between Rep. Mike Lawler and Democratic nominee Cait Conley.

    1. 1 outlet Ballot problems in Westchester: Lawler v. Conley race results could be delayed

      first by Gothamist, 5d ago

    • Voting Machine Snags Are Reported in New York Suburbs https://www. nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/voti ng-machine-issues-westchester-new-york.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into News @ news-thenewsdesk

      thenewsdesk@flipboard.comMastodon5d agoview on Mastodon ↗
  3. 2

    Lawler and RNC respond, Presler cites early-voting warning

    Rep. Mike Lawler said every ballot scanner in the county was affected and urged voters not to leave without voting; the RNC said it had deployed extra observers, and activist Scott Presler pointed to the malfunction as validation of his push for early voting.

    “There is a problem with every ballot scanner in Westchester County…”
    — Mike Lawler
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    Westchester BOE orders manual ballot collection in orange bags

    The Westchester County Board of Elections instructed poll workers to keep checking in voters and placing cast paper ballots into sealed orange bags for manual tallying while technicians worked to fix scanners; AG Letitia James said her office was monitoring the issue.

    “Your votes will count.”
    — Letitia James
    1. 2 outlets Watch Live: Westchester County officials give update on ballot scanner issues on Election Day

      first by CBS News, 4d ago · also NBC New York

      2 more headlines
    2. 2 outlets Westchester voting machine problems tied to ballot paper issue

      first by Mastodon, 5d ago · also Lohud

      1 more headline
    4 more claims →
  5. background

    Ballot scanners begin rejecting ballots across Westchester County — Shortly after polls opened at 6 a.m., voting machines across Westchester County, N.Y., began widely malfunctioning and rejecting paper ballots, a problem County Executive Ken Jenkins confirmed affected numerous polling places.

  6. background

    Maricopa County, Arizona vote centers briefly close over power issues — Two Maricopa County vote centers, Paradise Valley Community College and Sunset Canyon School, temporarily closed Monday due to power-related problems before reopening, prompting warnings from activists about Election Day equipment risk.

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  1. 4 outlets Officials first blamed the paper. They were wrong 🗳️

    first by AL.com, 4d ago · also MassLive, PennLive, The Oregonian

  2. 2 outlets Midterm Election Live Updates: NY County Voting Machines Malfunction Amid Close House Race

    first by Forbes, 4d ago · also Forbes Business

    1 more headline
  3. 2 outlets This New York County Is Already Having Problems With Voting Machines

    first by Townhall, 4d ago · also Forbes

    1 more headline
  4. 2 outlets WATCH: Westchester County Executive Calls Ballot Scanner Meltdown in Race That Could Decide Control of The House a ‘Debacle,’ Mike Lawler Tells Voters to STAY IN LINE!

    first by The Gateway Pundit, 4d ago · also Bloomberg

    1 more headline
  5. 2 outlets Westchester voting machine problems tied to programming glitch; ballots to be counted tonight

    first by ABC7 New York, 4d ago · also abc7NY

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