29 Feb
Record Turnout Worries Election Officials
"Record turnout in this year's presidential primaries has election officials worried about possible shortages of
machines, ballots and poll workers in November," reports.
"In 17 of the 24 primaries held so far, turnouts were larger than any in the past 40 years, the result of competitive Democratic and Republican contests and earlier primaries. Paper ballots ran out from California to the District of Columbia, more poll workers were needed in Arizona and an electronic voter registration database crashed in Connecticut."
However, despite the anecdotal evidence to the contrary, the notes that statisticians are debating whether turnout has actually increased this year.
"In 17 of the 24 primaries held so far, turnouts were larger than any in the past 40 years, the result of competitive Democratic and Republican contests and earlier primaries. Paper ballots ran out from California to the District of Columbia, more poll workers were needed in Arizona and an electronic voter registration database crashed in Connecticut."
However, despite the anecdotal evidence to the contrary, the notes that statisticians are debating whether turnout has actually increased this year.
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