US midterm voting goes smoothly with only a handful of issues nationwide
Voting machine issues affected Westchester county, New York, but emergency ballots were provided to voters US midterm elections – live updates Track live results from all 50 states Voting in US midterm elections took place relatively smoothly nationwide on Tuesday, with only a handful of reported issues as tens of millions of voters cast their ballots. With control of US Congress in the balance, glitches at polling locations were minimal as Americans lined up to vote.
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