The votes from Tuesday are still being tabulated in a number of places since we apparently aren’t as smart as France when it comes to counting ballots. But malfunctions and discrepancies have once again raised suspicions or at least questions about the election equipment being used around the country. The most glaring example is obviously the breakdown in Maricopa County on Tuesday morning. The voting machines (we’re supposed to call them “tabulators”) in dozens of precincts across Arizona’s most populous county left people standing in long lines or being “checked out” so they could go find another location to “check” in and hopefully find a functional machine. Other voters were given provisional ballots to drop into a container with an assurance that election workers would absolutely scan them in when the equipment was back up and running. But the Associated Press has already leaped into action, warning people on social media not to ask any questions because that would just be dangerous misinformation.Read More
AP: Stop talking about the Maricopa voting machines, peasants
