When voting equipment malfunctions

You might hear about ballots being cast in auxiliary bins or emergency bins, bypass slots, or special ballot bags. It’s all part of keeping voting going with ballots marked, counted, and secure.

Seeing reports of malfunctioning machines? Election officials have a plan when this happens.

If the scanner stops working, you might put your ballot in an auxiliary bin until the problem is fixed and they can scan your ballot.

Or, it might go into a secure ballot bag, where it’s counted at the election office.

And if the scanner can’t read the ballot, it will be securely stored and counted at the office.

Either way, ballots are counted!