<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2jCUZw_1GxePlun00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2jCUZw_1GxePlun00" width="1200" height="600" >FINDLAY, Ohio (WTVG) - Several Hancock County residents said they encountered problems with voting machines on Election Day, including messages indicating they had already voted. An elections official said a startup issue affected the cards used to access the machines.Rick Hohenbrink said he and friends were first in line at McComb Church of Christ before work. After checking in and receiving voting cards, he said they tried about six machines and received messages saying they had already voted.Hohenbrink said he filled out a ballot before receiving the error message. He said he was eventually able to submit a ballot after poll workers fixed the machines.Brett Montague said he also had trouble using his card.“It wouldn’t accept the card. I probably went to four or five different machines. They started the whole process over again. Finally the third machine on the second go-around accepted my card,” Montague said.<h2>Election official explains startup issue</h2>Randy Wanamaker, an IT assistant with the county board of elections, said there was a misstep in setting up the check-in machine, and the voting cards were not created correctly.Wanamaker said the cards are reused from election to election and can retain old data if they are not properly cleared. He said that was why voters received the messages saying they had already voted.<h2>Voter seeks confirmation</h2>Hohenbrink said he went to the board of elections because he wanted to confirm his vote was cast and had not been missed or submitted twice. He said the board could not show him his specific ballot.Wanamaker said voters’ names are used for check-in but do not follow them to the voting machine or appear on printed ballots, so officials could not identify Hohenbrink’s ballot.Wanamaker said the board double-checked that ballots were accounted for and that the number of check-ins matched the number of ballots cast at the location: 304.Latest Local News | First Alert Weather | Crime | National | 13abc Originals</div></body>

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FINDLAY, Ohio (WTVG) - Several Hancock County residents said they encountered problems with voting machines on Election Day, including messages indicating they had already voted. An elections official said a startup issue affected the cards used to access the machines. Rick Hohenbrink said he and friends were first in line...

Voters in Hancock County report Election Day machine issues

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FINDLAY, Ohio (WTVG) - Several Hancock County residents said they encountered problems with voting machines on Election Day, including messages indicating 

Voters in Hancock County report Election Day machine issues

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