Buenos Aires city authorities announced that they would not use the electronic voting machines to elect local authorities in the October 22 general elections, a decision that comes following a severe admonishment by federal judge María Servini for the significant delays during last Sunday’s primaries. While some machines didn’t work, other voting centers had them but were unable to get them running or test them. Interviewed by media outlets, BA city residents reported waiting between one and two hours in some voting centers. “The delays [on Sunday] were due in some cases to the fact that there were two voting systems that day, in others, because voting authorities were delayed in opening their stations”According to the IGE, 251 voting machines had technical problems on Sunday. In her note on Thursday, Servini included details of problems with 250 electronic voting machines.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 19, 2023 17:34 UTC