Judge Orders Two Voting Machines to Be Cracked Open After Poll Worker Makes Big Mistake

A poll worker’s mistake has led to a court order to open two voting machines in New Jersey’s Monmouth County. The issue took place in the town of Manalapan, according to the New Jersey Globe . Deputy Attorney General…

IJR SyndicatedNov 11, 20223 min read

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Initial results showed the two seats going to Republicans Mary Ann Musich, who had 8,986 votes, and Eric Nelson, who had 8,740 votes. Democrat Jamie Herr received 5,082 votes, while fellow Democrat Lisa Lenn received 5,056 votes.

New Jersey’s Mercer County has also had machine issues, according to northjersey.com.

Scanning problems on Tuesday with machines made by Dominion Voting Systems resulted in a large number of paper ballots being required in the county.

Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello asked the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office to “investigate as to whether this scanning problem occurred based on an error or whether something was intentionally done to create chaos and distrust in the election system.”

Sollami-Covello said officials are “not suspicious of any specific wrongdoing,” but they “do need to investigate the matter fully.”

On Thursday, Mercer County Superior Court Judge William Anklowitz approved an order to open the Voting machines, according to northjersey.com.

In addition to the scanning problems, ballots in some Mercer County precincts have been reported missing.

“Out of an abundance of caution the superintendent and board would like to go in to open all of the tabulator storage compartments that have both a main compartment and an emergency ballot compartment to ensure that any votes cast during the Nov. 8, 2022 general election have been collected and to make sure none are inadvertently left in those compartments,” Cohen said at the Mercer County hearing.

Ankowitz granted the request.

“There are paper ballots that would usually be scanned in and instead of being scanned. They were to be put inside of the machine for security until they were able to be collected and counted,” he said. “To make sure that there is nothing left behind in the machines and that every vote is counted, the court agrees with the position of the superintendent that the machines can be checked to make sure.”

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.