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By Katherine Langford
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A problem with the barcode on paper ballots at polling locations across New York's suburb of Westchester County left voters frustrated on Election Day morning as officials worked to fix the issue.Election officials said the tabulator machines that tally the votes were not accepting paper ballots properly. The issue was first identified after 6 a.m. on Tuesday, not long after the polls opened in the state.The paper ballots were placed in secure emergency bags for later counting, and citizens can continue casting ballots as officials work to resolve the problem but may be waiting longer at their polling locations.Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins said officials were concerned that the voting machines had been tampered with, but after further investigation, it was determined that the issue was with the printing of the paper ballots and not the actual machines.Jenkins said in a press conference that no new machines will be taken to any of the polling sites.Instead, the handicap acce