Midterm Elections: All voting machines are down in Mercer County, NJ

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Midterm Elections: All voting machines are down in Mercer County, NJ
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West Windsor Township issued a notice to residents Tuesday morning saying, 'Due to a Mercer County-wide system outage, all voting machines are currently down in each district across the County.'

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 1:16PMDemocrats currently have a slim control over the U.S. Congress, and Republicans are hoping to make major gains to win back power.All voting machines are down in each district across Mercer County, New Jersey, according to officials.

"The Board of Elections has advised the county of issues with voting machines. Poll workers will be on hand to walk voters through the process. The board is working with Dominion, the machine maker, to resolve the issue," a post on the Mercer County, New Jersey Facebook read.New Jersey's 12 U.S. House races are atop the ticket for voters who'll wrap up casting ballots on Tuesday in this year's midterm contest.

The GOP is optimistic that it can win in the newly drawn 7th District, where incumbent Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski faces a rematch against Republican former state Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr. The district picked up more Republican voters after its boundaries in the northwest were redrawn. Malinowski cast Kean as too reliant on support from voters loyal to former President Donald Trump to represent the district, which swung from reliably GOP to Democratic control during his years in the White House. Kean has seized on inflation as a top issue and hammers on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom he is betting is unpopular with voters.

Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., and Bob Healey, Republican Congressional candidate for New Jersey's 3rd District. Sherrill faces Republican challenger Paul DeGroot, who's worked as a prosecutor in Passaic County, along with a Libertarian Party candidate.

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