In Westchester County, voting in the midterms did not go as smoothly as usual. Thousands of ballots in Westchester were scanned on Election Day, but thousands more could not be processed because of a programming glitch that forced election officials to arrange for additional ballot counting under a court-approved agreement.
Voters deposited their ballots into secure bags rather than scanners. County Executive Ken Jenkins said they’ll get to the bottom of this.
"We’re gonna convene a bipartisan team to conduct a thorough review of the decisions and failures that led to this debacle and determine where accountability lies and insure that this never happens again," he said.
Many machines were reprogrammed and returned to service throughout the day. Workers scrambled to fix as many devices as possible in the Congressional District 17 portion of the county, the site of the closely watched race between incumbent Republican Mike Lawler and Democratic challenger Cait Conley, who won. Lawler conceded last night.