# Vote-scanning machine malfunction expected to delay counting in New York’s Westchester County

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/vote-scanning-machine-malfunction-expected-to-delay-counting-in-new-yorks-westchester-county/
- Published: 2026-11-04T04:03:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T05:56:56+00:00
- Original publisher: PBS NewsHour (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/vote-scanning-machine-malfunction-expected-to-delay-counting-in-new-yorks-westchester-county
- Topics: Elections, Politics

## Key points

- A scanning glitch delayed counting in Westchester County.
- Thousands of ballots were secured for later processing.
- The delay affects a competitive congressional race.

## Summary

A programming glitch stopped vote-scanning machines across Westchester County, New York, from accepting paper ballots when polls opened, delaying the count in a closely contested congressional race until at least Wednesday. A judge authorised election officials to move thousands of ballots to a secure warehouse for later scanning and counting.

Officials said a software update for one municipal contest was made after machines had been prepared and tested, leaving machines elsewhere unable to recognise the ballots. Voters were asked to place completed ballots in bags, which were to be transported under police escort and counted with political party representatives present. Republican Mike Lawler and Democrat Cait Conley urged people to vote and said all ballots would be counted.

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