Despite reassurances from local election officials, voters have been filmed confronting poll workers while waiting in long lines for the ballot box.
Voters are on edge today as technical difficulties hit polling sites across the country.
The appeal to « stay in line » is trending on Twitter as people report technical problems in states including Arizona, New Jersey and Texas. Despite reassurances from local election officials, voters have been filmed confronting poll workers while waiting in long lines for the ballot box.
In Arizona’s Maricopa County, about 20 percent of polling sites experienced issues with tabulation machines on Tuesday morning, according to the Maricopa County Elections Department. Officials announced that technicians were called in to solve the issue, adding that voters can still place their ballots in a secure box to be counted later.
« This is actually what the majority of Arizona counties do on Election Day all the time, » said Recorder Stephen Richer.
Nonetheless, voters in Maricopa County took their anxieties to social media. A viral video tweeted by Tyler Bowyer, the Republican National Committeeman from Arizona, showed people arguing with a poll worker who explained the technical error.
