Why, Florida? WHY?! Just when it looked like Palm Beach County had better sailing than Broward County, news comes out that aging equipment has overheated and caused mismatched results. From The Miami Herald:
The county’s decade-old ballot-counting machines overheated and gave incorrect totals, forcing the county to restart its recount of about 175,000 early votes, supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher said Tuesday night.The department has flown in mechanics to repair the machines.“We’re disappointed by the mechanical problems that are going to cause a further delay in the recount,” Bucher told reporters. “It became evident through the vigorous pace of counting that the machines used for the recount were starting to get stressed.”The malfunctions resulted in the loss of more than a day’s work.
Palm Beach County received an extension yesterday after officials said it would be impossible for them to reach the 3PM deadline set for this Thursday.
They now have until November 20.
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