Are "paper ballots" the same as "provisional ballots"?
If so, a lot of Upper West Side voters at our polling place found themselves fucked this morning.
We vote in NYC in our apartment building; one of the Trump buildings on Riverside Blvd. Fairly pricey neighborhood (like most of the Upper West Side), upper middle class to upper upper upper middle class residents. Usually voting here is a breeze; today was the first day I've ever seen lines at all. Still, the lines were only 5-10 minutes long. Several buildings - 160,180, and 200 - all vote at the same place.
I had no problem voting. Gave them my last name, signed the card, pulled the old fashioned lever, felt jubilant and a little emotional. They'd already run out of "I voted" stickers, so the pollworkers were handwriting them on pieces of tape!
However, my husband - and everyone whose last name starts with A-L in our building - were told that they'd have to cast "paper ballots" because "the machine for your building and your alphabetical numbers isn't working."
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