cials from Maricopa County in Arizona apologize for voting tabulator problems. They say that 7% of affected ballots were // After about 20% of Arizona’s polling stations had problems reading ballots, Bill Gates, Maricopa County Supervisor, apologized. This was just hours after Election Day polls closed. The Arizona county explained that some machines were having problems with their printers, and weren’t producing enough ink for ballots. Gates stated that out of the 250,000 in person votes cast on Election Day, “the Lion’s Share” have been reported and counted. However, 7%, or approximately 17,000 ballots, were dropped in a dropbox and were still not counted due the printing errors. “Apologized yesterday. It will be done again today. We cannot repeat what happened yesterday. We are already closely reviewing what happened. Our team was able yesterday to find a solution for what happened. This allowed the votes centers to go back online. We will do a deeper dive on this. This board will investigate exactly what happened and will take the necessary steps to correct it. MIDTERM ELECTIONS : LIVE UPDATES Gates denied the notion that there was any criminal activity or other foul play, but acknowledged that “yesterday wasn’t a perfect election.” He stated that there was no basis to say that the statement was ‘criminal’ or “rigged”. MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY SOLUTION FOUND TO VOTING MACHINE PROBLEMS Gates stated that nearly 1.2 million votes have been reported by the county, with roughly 400,000 more still to be counted. These are mainly early votes, which were dropped off between Friday & Tuesday, with at least 275,000 on Tuesday. Gates stated that the county will continue providing updates on new numbers every night and that 95-99% of ballots will be reported by Friday.