UPDATE: Several Ballot Scanners Malfunction In Park Slope: Source

BROOKLYN, NY — As New Yorkers anxiously lined up across the city to cast their ballots for the election on Tuesday morning, Park Slope resident Miyuki Miyagi was discouraged to find that several ballot scanners at her local polling place were not working.

Miyagi told Patch that voters at M.S. 51 in Park Slope were instructed to put their ballots in emergency ballot boxes instead around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

"We were told after filling in our ballots that all scanners were broken, so we should put our ballots in the emergency ballot boxes below the scanners, and they would be scanned in later," Miyagi said. "I didn’t even think to wait or ask for an alternative way to vote. The emergency ballot boxes were quite full already, too."

Miyagi said that she called the Brooklyn Board of Elections, who said they would investigate the issue.

When Miyagi went back to her polling place to check out the situation two hours later, the scanners had all been fixed, she said.

"The poll worker I spoke to assured me that at the end of the day they would scan in the ballots from all emergency ballot boxes," she told Patch. "Glad they fixed it, but hope this issue improves for next year! Never a great feeling for voters."

Patch reached out to the Board of Elections, but they have not responded to a request for comment yet.

M.S. 51 is located at 350 5th Ave. in Park Slope.

This is a developing story and may be updated. This article was last updated at 11:05 a.m.

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