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Problems reported with new voting machines in New York state

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Voters around New York State stepped into the brave new world of electronic voting machines in Tuesday’s primary elections amid complaints around the city of longer-than-usual delays and troubles with the scanners that are supposed to swallow and tabulate the new, SAT-style ballots.

Some worried that the new system did not guarantee a secret ballot. And some said there were not enough election workers on hand to usher in a major change in voting habits as New York did without the old-fashioned voting machines it has talked about replacing for a generation.

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