Two voting machines in the US were ordered by the court to be cracked open after a poll worker made a huge mistake.
According to the reports, a court order was issued to crack open two voting machines in the town of Manalapan in New Jersey’s Monmouth County due to a poll worker’s mistake.
In a statement released by Deputy Attorney General George Cohen on Thursday, the poll worker reportedly “inadvertently failed to get vote results” before the machine was sealed. As a result, one does not include the results and the other does and the election staff can’t know which machine they have results from.
“Due to the confusion, Superior Court Judge David Bauman signed the order allowing the Monmouth County Superintendent of Elections to open the machines,” Gazette reported.
He also added that the mistake happened after the said worker removed two USB sticks from the machine before the voting results were completely uploaded.
“The entire process will be bi-partisan,” Cohen reportedly said to the judge.
In a report released by Gazette, it was revealed that in “New Jersey, a court order is required to open voting machines within 15 days after an election so that results are free from tampering.”
Central Jersey also confirmed that “the results from the two machines are unlikely to affect any elections. Incumbent Republicans Mary Ann Musich and Eric Nelson are already listed as having won new three-year terms on the Township Committee.”
On Wednesday, the candidates listed as receiving 8,986 and 8,740 votes, respectively, compared to Democrat Jamie Herr, who received 5,082 votes, and Lisa Lenn, who received 5,056 votes.
Meanwhile, in Maricopa County, dozens of ballot-counting machines broke down which fueled fraud claims across right-wing media.
On Tuesday, voting machines in part of Arizona were not working. The officials revealed that a minority of the 223 polling stations were experiencing difficulties.
“We’ve got about 20 percent of the locations out there where there’s an issue with the tabulator,” Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates, said.
Many Republican supporters are thinking that Tuesday’s issue is another cheating afoot.
“It’s happening all over again,” one voter said, who did not wish to give his name.
82-year old Donald Newton also claimed that he feared a repeat of the fraud that he suspected in the 2020 presidential poll.
“This machine should have been tested and working a long time ago, you know, last week,” he claimed.
