WATCH: Frustrated voters walk out after all but one voting machine breaks down at Brooklyn precinct
People walking out at polling location in Brooklyn [Photo: Screengrab from video]
November 06, 2018
With just hours into the midterm election, several states are unprepared and ill-equipped to handle the mass voter turnout.
Activist Shaun King tweeted that there were over 300 people in line and just one voting machine working at a voting location in Brooklyn, NY.
"At my voting location in Brooklyn, they just announced that only ONE MACHINE is working. 300 of us in line. Two people just left and said they couldn’t wait. This is ridiculous," he tweeted.
Multimedia Journalist Jennifer Hsu for WNYC tweeted a video of an election worker encouraging people to stay.
"I don't want you to leave, I want you to come back," the worker said.
Watch below.