Printing snafu causes Westchester County, N.Y., ballot scanners to reject paper ballots

A printing error by the Westchester County, New York's Board of Elections put a single town's mayoral race on every countywide ballot, causing scanners to reject ballots across the county on Election Day.

Printing snafu causes Westchester County, N.Y., ballot scanners to reject paper ballots

TL;DR

  • A printing error by the Westchester County Board of Elections occurred.
  • The error involved a single town's mayoral race being placed on every countywide ballot.
  • This caused ballot scanners to reject paper ballots across the county on Election Day.
  • The situation led to disruption on Election Day.