WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Westchester County Executive Kenneth Jenkins said on Tuesday the voting machines in Westchester County, New York, are not accepting ballots because of a barcode printing issue on Election Day ballots.
Jenkins said the Board of Elections is currently working to update the software on at least one scanner per site to allow voters to submit their votes on site.
Westchester County is a critical battleground to determine who will represent lower Hudson in New York’s 17th district, with incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) currently in a close race with Democratic candidate Cait Conley.
Westchester County has 332 polling sites with more than 57,000 votes already cast on Election Day. The county is using its emergency ballot process to place those ballots in orange bags to be counted after voting polls close. One of the 44 municipalities in Westchester County did not have this error, and voting proceeded as normal, but Jenkins would not reveal which municipality it was….