(9 Nov 2022)
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Phoenix - 9 November 2022
1. STILL photo of ballots in election worker's hands
2. STILL photo of worker with piles of ballots
3. Wide of vote counting room
ANNOTATION: Maricopa County election officials vowed that every ballot will be counted after a printing malfunction at some polling places slowed down voting.
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Gates, Board of Supervisors Chairman:
"We had a higher turnout in person yesterday than we had in 2020. So, as a result of that, there were a lot of people voting. And we told people, there will be lines."
5. Close of ballots in machine
ANNOTATION: Officials fought back against conspiracy theories fueled by the snag as GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake questioned the integrity of the vote.
6. STILL of worker with bins of ballots
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Gates, Board of Supervisors Chairman:
"The issues with the tabulators did lead to longer lines. But there were many of - 80% of the vote centers did not have these issues at all."
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STORYLINE:
Election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted after a printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona's most populous county slowed down voting.
The snag fueled conspiracy theories about the integrity of the vote in the tightly contested state.
Some high-profile Republicans tried to make the case that Democrats were seeking to subvert the vote of Republicans, who tend to show up in greater numbers in person on Election Day.
Officials say about 17,000 ballots in Maricopa County, or about 7% of total dropped off Tuesday.
The problem slowed down voting in both traditionally Democratic and Republican areas.
At one location, some voters there reported waiting several hours to be able to vote.
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