Gee, this seems familiar. Another New York City election, another chaotic mess of broken and missing voting machines.
Reports are coming in that the voting machines are a bigger mess than the primary candidates.
https://twitter.com/JackieKessel/status/377382904122593281
https://twitter.com/urbanresidue/status/377387209185566720
@nytimes are you hearing about voting problems? At St. Brendan in Bx, voting machine didn't work; had to use "emergency ballot"
— Urban Residue (@urbanresidue) September 10, 2013
Guess what #BedStuy? District 16 voting machine is down…again! Oh, u aren't surprised? #nyc2013 give yourself time to wait in line 🙁
— monifabandele (@monifabandele) September 10, 2013
1 lever #voting machine broken #ParkSlope #YMCA. 2 working. Mechanic expected in half hr #xexamvote @TheXExaminer pic.twitter.com/aZSktgg0Dr
— Ashley Papagni (@AshleyPapagni) September 10, 2013
Crews working on final non-working #voting machine at #is211 in #canarsie #brooklyn @news12bk #electionday pic.twitter.com/YEEZM9x3Us
— Katie Lusso (@KatieLusso) September 10, 2013
(Our voting machine was broken, so we actually dropped paper ballots into a cardboard box.)
— Stuart Moore (@stuartmoore1) September 10, 2013
@jamiedelano just another morning in Old Breuckelen Village.
— Stuart Moore (@stuartmoore1) September 10, 2013
Recommended
Broken voting machine in Bklyn Heights, 5th District
— bklynbridgegirl (@bklynbridgegirl) September 10, 2013
Voting at the Y at 8:45 for District/ED 52 delayed because of a voting machine being out of service. Line is LONG
— Park Slope Parents (@ParkSlopeParent) September 10, 2013
Voting machine breakdown Queens 63rd ED. People denied paper ballots, forced to use broken machine. @SquarePeg_Dem pic.twitter.com/Vhv1jzacjC
— Stop Christine Quinn (@stopchrisquinn) September 10, 2013
Even mayoral candidate Joe Lhota had to vote via paper ballot.
https://twitter.com/frantrianni/statuses/377420617706115072
Guess he didn’t know the trick:
cranky voting machine wouldn't let me vote until someone banged on it for 5 minutes. #scary #NY1primary
— Michael Hickey (@manabouttownnyc) September 10, 2013
And maybe that works … if the machines are there at all:
@BOENYC Voters at I.S. 211 on 101 E. 100th Street are complaining of a chaotic experience & voting machine arrivng late. #Brooklyn
— Allison Papson (@AllisonPapson) September 10, 2013
@nytimes@nypost voting machine just arrived at IS 211 in Brooklyn on ave J and east 100th st. Working people may not be able to vote today.
— Marty Edelstein (@Martyofnewyawk) September 10, 2013
But some voters are enjoying the retro experience of lever machines.
Proud to have done my civic duty in Brooklyn. Loved the mechanical crunch of the old school, lever-operated voting machine! #VoteNYC
— Josh Garrett (@jgarrett9) September 10, 2013
I just used that lever voting machine. Who says time travel isn't real?
— Julie Rosenberg (@JulieARosenberg) September 10, 2013
Here it is, your 1960s era voting machine. NYC loves vintage. #NYC2013 pic.twitter.com/ELeIrGaPIy
— Just your friendly neighborhood transit reporter (@s_nessen) September 10, 2013
#tbt for throwback Tuesday: It's an old lever voting machine! http://t.co/pS9yePY03G
— Steve Jacobs (@snjacobs) September 10, 2013
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