Routine voting issues fuel conspiracy theories and confusion

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. — Westchester County ballot tabulators malfunctioned across the county Tuesday, alarming voters and fueling a flurry of conspiracy theories online.
The issue was discovered early in the morning, after ballot tabulators failed to scan voters’ hand-marked paper ballots in 44 out of 45 of the county’s municipalities. State election officials said in a post on X that the issue was due to a programming error.
Election officials directed voters to put their ballots in secure orange ballot bags, following standard contingency plans.
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