Voting Machines Allegedly Switched Votes and Other Election Day Horror Stories
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Source: Take Part
By Eliza Krigman
Irregularities and long lines reported as Americans cast ballots in midterm elections.
Technical problems with machines and long lines were just some of the obstacles Americans faced as they attempted to vote in the midterm elections on Tuesday. Reports of complications and glitches had already emerged by the afternoon in a handful of states, including Georgia, Connecticut, Virginia, and Maryland.
“We have seen some instances where machines are switching votes,” Khyla Craine, assistant attorney general counsel at the NAACP, told TakePart. Her organization is monitoring the election in collaboration with nonpartisan group Election Protection to root out voter suppression and other foul play.
Maryland and Virginia are the states where machines were allegedly swapping votes, Craine said, but she declined to share any details about which candidates might be affected. As a nonpartisan organization, Craine said, the NAACP is just focused on enabling voters to choose their preferred candidate.
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By Eliza Krigman
Eliza Krigman is a Washington, D.C.- based journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post. She writes about politics, business, and lifestyle issues.
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A voter inserts his ballot into the collection machine during the U.S. midterm elections at a polling station in McLean, Va., on Nov. 4. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Massive-scale vote-flipping from Republican to Democratic candidates,
across wide swaths of America.
