Tennessee officials urge caution amid reports of ballot problems

Voters in several counties have reported their selections default to a candidate they didn’t select, and a spokesman for the Tennessee Secretary of State’s office urges voters to avail themselves of all safeguard measures. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

A Tennessee Democratic lawmaker is calling for election officials to resolve complaints that voting machines are defaulting to candidates they didn’t want to select but stopped short of saying ballots are rigged.

“Obviously, this keeps coming up and it needs to be addressed after this election, because it’s not acceptable that people are having these problems,” state Sen. Heidi Campbell said Friday. “However, I don’t think it’s indicative of any foul play.”…

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