Scene co-host Sunny Hostin Told viewers on Tuesday, November 3 that his Election Day trip to the polls did not go as planned, as every ballot machine at his Westchester County, NY, polling place appeared to be out of order.
Sunny Hostin describes her voting problem
Hostin, a former federal prosecutor, said she arrived to vote before 7 a.m. After filling out his ballot, he said he was told to “fold my ballot and put it in an orange bag” because the voting machine was not working.
He asked about three other machines, and “obviously none of them were working,” he said during the hearing. case.
Jai Bihar Requested him to tell the problem. Hostin replied that this information had already been given.
Alyssa Farrah Griffin encourages viewers to trust the election process
Alyssa Farrah Griffin He said he had since learned the problem was nationwide and had been widely reported that morning, adding that he had heard it was caused by the thickness of the ballot paper. Hostin wasn’t convinced, saying it felt like all the ballots she had cast in Westchester over the past two decades.
His suspicions turned out to be correct. The New York State Board of Elections later said that the problem was caused by a failure to properly deploy updated election programming in the county’s ballot scanners.
Griffin encouraged viewers to trust the election process, while acknowledging why some voters feel skeptical. He pointed to the courts’ rejection of challenges to the 2020 results as evidence that the system is in place.
Whoopi Goldberg Says ‘The System Works’
Whoopi Goldberg It was suggested that voters who were uncomfortable could take their ballots to their local elections board, and Hostin strongly agreed.
“The system works,” Goldberg said.
However, election officials told Westchester voters to fill out and submit their ballots at their polling places as usual, with any ballots that cannot be scanned going into a secure emergency bag to be counted later.
Officials reassure Westchester voters
New York Attorney General letitia james He also posted that his office was monitoring the scanner issue in Westchester and was in contact with state and local election boards and working on a fix. He said voters can still safely submit their ballots at their polling places.
The segment introduced the show’s Election Day “Hot Topics”, in which the hosts also discussed blue wave predictions and the President’s concerns. donald trump Can challenge the results.
Hostin’s experience comes as voters across the country head to the polls in the 2026 midterms.
Despite the drama, election officials say voters can still fill out their ballots and submit them to their polling places, and their votes will be counted.