Voter Check-In Systems Slow Down Voting and Results Across U.S.
- Digital poll books have recent history of malfunction
- Election security experts can’t yet explain cause of failures
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The system voters use across the country to identify themselves at polling places may be yet another reason for delayed results on Election Day, after digital poll books failed at local voting jurisdictions in at least four states.
Voters in parts of Georgia, Ohio and Texas all experienced various levels of system disruption with their ePollbooks provided by the vendor, KnowInk. In Nevada, voters in some Clark County precincts had to wait for their digital poll books to access their voter records before polls could open.