Ballot scanner malfunctions, flurry of federal legal actions test election officials on final day of voting

Early reports of ballot scanner malfunctions in Westchester County, New York are a sign of the challenges election officials will face in the current online information environment as voters head to the polls Tuesday on the final day of voting. While such equipment failures and breakdowns are not uncommon and happen in a small number of precincts every election cycle, and there is no evidence of foul play, conspiracists quickly jumped on the news. According to Kate Starbird, a professor at the University of Washington who researches online rumors and disinformation tied to elections, the rumor

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