Westchester NY ballot scanners fail nationwide after late 'programming change' related to Ardsley race 'People are not happy and it doesn't sit well with a lot of people. Voting machines everywhere rejected paper ballots at the ballot box as soon as voting began. Officials initially blamed the thickness or size of the ballots, but later changed their story to the "real problem" being a programming discrepancy. Voters were asked to fill out their ballots and place them in "designated orange bags for emergency voting" to be counted later. Leticia James says her office is monitoring the situation lol.