Politics
Scattered ballot-machine failures disrupt US midterm voting in several states
November 4, 2026 at 01:08 AM
4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 10 hours
TGThe Guardian
US midterm voting goes smoothly with only a handful of issues nationwide
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AJAl Jazeera English
Where have there been technical issues so far during US midterm elections?
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MAMasrawy
خلل فني يُعطّل التصويت في جميع مراكز الاقتراع بمقاطعة "بروارد" الأمريكية
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MAMasrawy
المدعي العام لولاية نيويورك: مراكز الاقتراع في مقاطعة ويستشستر بولاية تواجه "مشاكل"
(opens the publisher’s site)Voting in Tuesday's US midterm elections ran largely smoothly nationwide, with isolated ballot-machine failures reported in New York, Florida, Kansas, and other states.
- Ballot scanners failed at 332 Westchester County, New York, polling locations, blocking as many as 250,000 ballots and prompting officials to issue emergency paper ballots.
- New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office was monitoring the failure and assured voters all ballots would be counted.
- In Kansas, a polling place ran out of ballots after officials ordered 100 paper ballots instead of 100,000.
- North Carolina's board of elections considered extending voting hours and delayed releasing results until 8:30pm.