{"id":533175,"date":"2021-05-21T10:52:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T14:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533175"},"modified":"2021-05-21T10:52:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T14:52:02","slug":"pa-county-reports-voting-machine-issues-affecting-republican-ballots-dominion-releases-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pa-county-reports-voting-machine-issues-affecting-republican-ballots-dominion-releases-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"PA County Reports Voting Machine Issues Affecting Republican Ballots; Dominion Releases Statement\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpa-county-reports-voting-machine-issues-affecting-republican-ballots-dominion-releases-statement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533175&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-513187996-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Voting machines in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, caused concern this week when registered Republicans and independent voters were seeing Democrat-labeled ballots on primary day.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitness News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahomepage.com\/top-news\/issues-affecting-ballots-in-luzerne-county\/?utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_medium=referral\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;Tuesday that they had \u201creceived numerous calls from concerned citizens reporting issues with voting machines improperly labeling Republican ballots as Democrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause it\u2019s a primary, Democrats and Republicans or independent non-partisans, have a different ballot,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahomepage.com\/top-news\/issues-affecting-ballots-in-luzerne-county\/?utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_medium=referral\">explained<\/a>&nbsp;Carl Romanelli, a judge with Luzerne County Board of Elections. \u201cWhen you got into the ballot marking devices, the header on all of the ballots indicates that it\u2019s a Democratic ballot, but then when you proceed to the actual ballot itself, it is the proper ballot for the voter\u2019s party. And when the ballot is printed, it shows that it is in fact the proper ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bob Morgan, Director of Elections in Luzerne County, released a statement noting that the issue was caused by a \u201ccoding error.\u201d He later emphasized that the problem were not caused by the county and that they are working with&nbsp;voting machine company&nbsp;Dominion Voting Systems to figure out what went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to a coding error the Republican primary ballot in today\u2019s Municipal Primary election contains an error in the header when displayed on the viewing screen,\u201d Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahomepage.com\/top-news\/issues-affecting-ballots-in-luzerne-county\/?utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_medium=referral\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cThis error occurred during vendor programming of the device and appears on Republican ballots countywide. The ballot correctly shows Republican candidates, however, the header of the ballot says \u2018Democrat.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe function of the device has been thoroughly reviewed and tested and the error appears on the screen only,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe ballot prints correctly with the Republican header and contains only Republican primary race results. Republicans also have the option to vote with a provisional ballot that will be later reviewed by the Luzerne County Elections Board should they choose not to utilize the machines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to assure all voters that their ballots will be correctly counted,\u201d the director added. \u201cTo ensure proper communication of this situation a sign is being placed in each polling place by the judge of election today and posted on the County website. Elections staff and poll workers are working addressing the issue machine to machine throughout the County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahomepage.com\/election\/your-local-election-headquarters\/luzerne-county-director-of-elections-points-to-flaws-with-voting-machines\/amp\/\">reported<\/a> that frustrated Republicans and independents confused over the incorrectly-labeled ballots left their polling place (formatting adjusted):<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p><em>\u201cUnfortunately, this morning, the machines were all shut down and people were losing their patience and leaving,\u201d a voter from Exeter said.&nbsp;<\/em><em>The confusion even led some voters to wonder whether their votes would be counted.&nbsp;<\/em><em>\u201cIt\u2019s disheartenening. When you get a person who gets elected in, did they truly get elected in? That\u2019s the question, and no one can truly answer that,\u201d voter Chris Harding said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt took us about probably five weeks. We gave a final product to Dominion,\u201d Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahomepage.com\/election\/your-local-election-headquarters\/luzerne-county-director-of-elections-points-to-flaws-with-voting-machines\/amp\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cThere is no evidence of any of this problem on the mail-in ballots which were produced from that file. We\u2019re still working with Dominion to get an explanation as to how this coding error occurred. They were as surprised about it as we were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The director emphasized that the issue was not caused by Luzerne County:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><em>Eyewitness News asked Morgan whether there was any possibility Luzerne County could be at fault.&nbsp;<\/em><em>We asked, \u201cIn that five-week process, is there any possibility it could have been on your end and not theirs?\u201d Morgan responded, \u201cno.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dominion released a statement regarding the machine issues, acknowledging the error and assuring the public that \u201call ballots will be correctly counted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuzerne County\u2019s election director&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pahomepage.com%2Ftop-news%2Fissues-affecting-ballots-in-luzerne-county%2F%3Futm_source%3Dt.co%26utm_campaign%3Dsocialflow%26utm_medium%3Dreferral&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSSquires%40pahomepage.com%7C38143c0b2e8645b323db08d91a3bfed1%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C0%7C0%7C637569667294482052%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=TrMl%2Bn4DP4gbxxVefg%2B5WhXNn6pSzhrlpzapr3WyrRc%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has confirmed<\/a>&nbsp;that there is a ballot screen error that is confined to the header on the viewing screen of the machine, and that&nbsp;all ballots are&nbsp;printing&nbsp;correctly with the Republican header and the Republican primary election races,\u201d Dominion said. \u201cAs the county has reassured the voting public, all ballots will be correctly counted. We regret any confusion this has caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dominion has filed multiple lawsuits against individuals and outlets \u2014&nbsp;including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dominion-sues-fox-news-for-1-6-billion-over-2020-election-coverage\">Fox News<\/a>, former President Donald Trump\u2019s personal attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-dominion-sues-rudy-giuliani-for-1-3-billion-over-election-claims\">Rudy Giuliani<\/a>, pro-Trump lawyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-dominion-files-1-3-billion-defamation-suit-against-sidney-powell\">Sidney Powell<\/a>, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell \u2014 for \u201cintentionally and falsely blaming Dominion for President Trump\u2019s loss by rigging the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dominion-sues-fox-news-for-1-6-billion-over-2020-election-coverage\">Dominion Sues Fox News For $1.6 Billion Over 2020 Election&nbsp;Coverage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting machines in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, caused concern this week when registered Republicans and independent voters were seeing Democrat-labeled ballots on primary day.Eyewitness News reported\u00a0Tuesday that they had \u201creceived numerous &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312576,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-513187996-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"PA County Reports Voting Machine Issues Affecting Republican Ballots; Dominion Releases Statement\u00a0","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-533175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-513187996-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"PA County Reports Voting Machine Issues Affecting Republican Ballots; Dominion Releases Statement\u00a0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}