TPM Reader AM checks in from Ohio:
Reporting from Summit County, where we use optical scan machines: my husband and I were in line at 6:30 a.m. when the polls opened so we were the 14th & 15th people in our precinct (8-C) to vote. Unfortunately, the optical scanner wouldn’t accept any ballots. I hung around until 7:30 a.m. to see if they got it working and when I left it was still down. Of course, it took all 4 of the octogenarians staffing the precinct table to try to “fix” the problem so the line was backed up out the door & into the parking lot, where voters were treated to a light morning drizzle.
Sure hope my vote gets counted. And I hope not too many people had to bail out of the line in order to make it to their jobs on time.
