More than 1,000 Fulton County early voting ballots to be rescanned due to equipment problems

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — More than 1,000 Fulton County early voting ballots will be re-scanned due to equipment problems, according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. In a 10 a.m. Election Day update, Raffensperger said voting machines were taken out of service due to errors. He doesn’t expect the process to delay any race results. “It’s one of those things that can happen,” he said. LIVE UPDATES: Election Day in GeorgiaIn an email to the Secretary of State’s Office, Fulton County Director of Registration and Elections Nadine Williams said two scanners experienced equipment failures. Read the full email: The first was on Oct. 21 at the Mechanicsville Library, when a wheelchair user accidentally rolled over a power cable, causing the scanner to shut down. That incident impacted 361 ballots. RELATED: Georgia voting machine printouts will still have a QR code. What to know before you vote this general electionThe second incident happened at the Hugh C. Conley Recreation