A two-page ballot caused havoc for scanning machines at polling places across New York City, as scores of broken scanners brought voting to a standstill at many locations on an Election Day marked by heavy turnout. Imagine that feeling of an office copier jammed with paper just as you’re trying to fetch an important document. Now multiply that feeling by 100. That’s about how people felt as they waited in lines that circled around school gyms and around the block at their local polling places. Voters waited helplessly as the scanners stood idle.

Source: New York Times November 06, 2018 19:21 UTC