Northampton County, Pennsylvania, reporting voting issues after machines failed to count votes correctly.
According to Lehigh Valley News, a programming error caused “votes to flip when voters split their votes.”
In other words, if a voter chooses “yes” for one candidate and “no” for another candidate, an error occurs.
Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure said that he was “livid at the election folks and the machines.”
In a press release, the Northampton County Elections Office said, “It appears that when a voter selects a ‘Yes’ or a ‘No’ for one of the candidates for retention to the Pennsylvania Superior Court, the selection is recorded on the paper ballot and on the machine for the other candidate.”
“The issue is limited to the retention of Superior Court Judges, and is only an issue when recording the voters for when a voter selected a ‘Yes’ for one candidate and a ‘No’ for another candidate,” the statement continued.
“The Elections Division of the County of Northampton notified all poll workers by text message that they are to instruct voters before the voter enters the voting booth that there is an issue with the recording of their vote for the candidates for retention to the Pennsylvania Superior Court, that the paper receipt will record their selection for retention to the Pennsylvania Superior Court one candidate to the other candidate.”
— County of Northampton (@NorthamptonExec) November 7, 2023
