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Voting machine glitches plague mayoral election

Voting machines across the city were plagued by scanning glitches on Tuesday, outraging New Yorkers who fear their mayoral votes won’t be properly counted.

Many of the city’s “optical-scan” voting machines were reported broken — or simply would not boot up — on Tuesday morning, forcing voters to toss paper ballots into overflowing baskets, according to frustrated Twitter posts.

Added @brianrmartin23, “ 2 of 3 scanning machines broken at PS 171 in Astoria. #nyc #vote.”

Other voters reported the machines were chock full of other annoying tech glitches, prompting some people to leave without casting a ballot.

New Yorkers — many of whom reported broken voting machines in Brooklyn — said it was that shocking so many scanners had stopped working so early in the day.

Machines were reported broken in neighborhoods including Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn and  Astoria.