Dominion, printer and Mercer County get the buck on NJ voter issue
Dominion Voting Systems, which made the voting machines used in Mercer County’s election, stated that their equipment was not responsible for the problems the county experienced on Election Day.
Early voters and poll workers at all 232 voting districts in Mercer County were baffled as to why paper ballots would not be accepted after being scanned. The county election officials finally told voters that they could still vote using the ballots, but that they would be placed in a special emergency slot on the scanner for later counting.
Voters called New Jersey 101.5 to express concern about their ballot security and the cause of the problem. They were also suspicious regarding Dominion, the source of many questions about voting in the 2020 election.
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Dominion stated that Tuesday’s incident was not their fault.
“The issue that is affecting Mercer County is a printing issue. The Dominion tabulators performed exactly as they were supposed to by rejecting incorrectly printed votes. The company stated that they are working closely with Royal Printing and Mercer County election officials to resolve this issue.
Sign at Hamilton’s Sayen School (Mercer) 11/8/22
Printer: We don’t blame you
Royal Printing Service is a West New York-based family-owned company that was established in 1990 to print all the ballots used during the election. The county paid $301,200 for all ballots used in the November 8 election, including emergency, provisional and provisional ballots.
The county commissioners for elections between June 1, 2020 and May 31, 2023 approved the $686,080 contract on May 27, 2021.
David Passante, the owner of Royal Printing, stated to New Jersey 101.5 that there was no problem with printing the ballots.
Passante stated that he had no other comment than to tell Passante that the printing was fine.
New Jersey 101.5 was told by a county official that the problem was caused by ink that was not compatible with the scanners.
Royal and the county signed a contract stating that Mercer County uses Dominion AVC Advantage voter machines.
According to the contract, “Machine ballot faces” are to be printed on 50# offset paper (LOW OPACITY).
New Jersey 101.5 reporter Dan Alexander You can reach him at [email protected]
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