A new report alleges that on Tuesday morning, a programming error affected some Dominion Voting Systems voting machines in Columbia County, Georgia, requiring voters to use emergency paper ballots for a short time.
Georgia voting system implementation manager Gabriel Sterling reported the error on social media at 8:28 a.m. Tuesday, announcing that voting would continue on emergency handwritten ballots until the problem was resolved.
According to WRDW-TV, by 10 a.m. the problem was resolved and voters were able to use the voting machines again.
A poll manager for a voting location at Stevens Creek Church in Columbia County explained that poll workers are given a code that gives them access to the voting system at the start of Election Day.
When it works properly, voters receive a key card to activate the voting machine and then will use a touch screen to cast their ballots.
The machine prints a paper ballot with their selections, which voters will review before taking the printed ballots to a scanning station where their votes will be recorded.
The programming error caused the key cards not to work, so voters were provided with written ballots to fill out by hand.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Technical Issues With Voting Machines Force Voters To Temporarily Use Paper Ballots In Columbia County, Georgia
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