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Poll workers try to fix a malfunctioning ballot reader at 10:17a.m. on Election Day at Precinct 3901 in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. While reading a voter's ballot, the machine suddenly displayed the message "POLLS ARE CLOSED / NO MORE BALLOT READING," leaving poll workers uncertain what to do next. A line of 100 or more voters waited half an hour, and no progress was made. Finally, poll workers began directing voters to deposit their ballots into a slot on the back of the machine, where they were not mechanically counted.

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Uploaded on November 4, 2008