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Related: About this forumVoters can still cast ballots in Mercer County (NJ)
Voters can still cast ballots in Mercer County
despite issues
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/voters-can-still-cast-ballots-in-mercer-county-despite-issues/
TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) -- A county in New Jersey is experiencing issues with its voting machines. All machines in each district in Mercer County are down due to a printing and scanning issue with the ballots.
It's been a mixed reaction from voters and political candidates with some saying the process has been smooth, while other candidates say voters have called them with alarming concerns about the process.
It's important to emphasize that voters in Mercer County can still vote. The Mercer County clerk says there's a problem with Dominion Voting Systems' scanners not reading the ballot.
A Dominion spokesperson says they believe the problem is with the printed ballots and not its technology.
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With problems with all the ballot printing machines and scanners, there's been a rise in frustration and conspiracy theories. Mercer County's machine issues have been all morning and still aren't resolved.
As a social media poll monitor with Common Cause's Election Protection, we were asked to be part of calming the waters and remind people that tech issues are not uncommon, to stay calm and vote.
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Voters can still cast ballots in Mercer County (NJ) (Original Post)
summer_in_TX
Nov 2022
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NNadir
(34,582 posts)1. My wife experienced this this morning. She'll try again this evening.
My son and I voted early on mailed ballots; I voted two weeks ago, my son this weekend.
I advised my wife to switch to our procedure.
summer_in_TX
(3,189 posts)2. In Mercer County, it appears to be the
tabulators and some printing on the ballots.
The scanning and counting can and will be done at the county elections office, and voters can complete their ballot manually, then put them in the slot on their voting machine instead of feeding them through the scanner.
NNadir
(34,582 posts)3. Yeah, that's how it worked out. She voted. n/t.