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Maricopa County apologizes to voters
WHAT HAPPENED: An issue with printers impacting an estimated 17,000 ballots (or less than 7% of Election Day votes).
Some ballots could not be read by the tabulators because the printers did not produce dark enough timing marks on ballots. pic.twitter.com/AdVFjgFjPD
— Maricopa County (@maricopacounty) November 10, 2022
Here's an update 🧵 on the printer issue with some Vote Center ballots yesterday:
WHAT’S IMPORTANT: All ballots affected will be counted securely and accurately.
— Maricopa County (@maricopacounty) November 10, 2022
Voters had several ways to cast their ballot, including dropping their competed ballot into a secure box (door 3) on site. Those ballots will be verified as legit and then tabulated at MCTEC. That process is already underway. pic.twitter.com/Ffx51WL00r
— Maricopa County (@maricopacounty) November 10, 2022
Officials in Maricopa County apologized Wednesday for issues with printers that prevented some ballots from being read by machine and reassured that all votes will be counted.
“To impacted voters, we recognize this isn’t how you pictured Election Day and we apologize for that inconvenience. We are committed to counting all legal votes and then finding the root cause of what happened so that it does not happen again,” the county’s Board of Supervisors tweeted.
In a statement, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates and Vice Chairman Clint Hickman said, “All ballots will be counted securely and accurately.”
The issue with printers occurred at about 70 of the county’s 223 voting locations, the officials said. Printer settings were later changed, fixing the problem.
About 7% of the voters who cast ballots on Election Day — or about 17,000 people — were affected.
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