According to NPR, hardly a conservative news source, Republican voters in at least three counties reported that their votes were “flipped”—they selected a “straight Republican” ticket but, instead, Clinton-Kaine appeared at the top of the ballot.
Local election officials insisted that there was no vote rigging going on, and that the problems were most likely “user error.” Other election experts said that, while glitches can occasionally happen with technology, they’re rare—and that voters can easily clear their choices to select the proper candidate if an error were to occur.
However, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has frequently complained that the election was “rigged” in favor of Democrats, was quick to jump on the story.
Trump tweeted: “A lot of call-ins about vote flipping at the voting booths in Texas. People are not happy. BIG lines. What is going on?”
In at least one Texas county where the vote flipping occurred, polls switched to paper ballots until the machines could be recalibrated. The local news reported that, despite the stories being reported by Republicans, the glitch was equally likely to happen on both sides of the aisle—meaning a selection for “Clinton-Kaine” could pop up as “Trump-Pence” for a Democratic voter, too.
With less than two weeks left in the presidential race, however, it’s clear that the presidential race is still close in key states—and every vote’s accuracy will matter on November 8th.
AAN Staff
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