Sentence examples for machine malfunction from inspiring English sources

Ms. Green sought a hand recount, but the canvassing board rejected her request, ruling there was no indication of fraud or a machine malfunction.

An ice-resurfacing machine malfunction disrupted the speedskating, and an American-made Zamboni had to ride to the rescue of a Canadian-made Resurfice machine.

The canvassing board had received a legal advisory opinion from L. Clay Roberts, the election supervisor of Florida, who said hand recounts were "not authorized" unless there was a machine malfunction.

There is, of course, no other way to determine the accuracy of this apparent discrepancy or machine malfunction other than the board reviewing the votes by hand and comparing them with the results".

While we may not know the precise interplay between bad ballot design, lack of voter interest and machine malfunction, this election was apparently decided by faulty machines rather than by voters.

As the lawsuit began to wend its way through the courts, the Legislature passed a law in 2005 requiring all electronic machines to produce printed records by Jan . 1 2008, to make it easier to review votes in the event of a recount or machine malfunction.

Oh, and the soft-serve machine malfunctioned.

Her office instructed election officials that only machine malfunctions could justify a manual recount.

There were some memorable gaffes Wednesday, like the fax machine malfunctions that momentarily hindered Nkemdiche's signing.

In Putnam County, Ohio, voting machine malfunctions led poll workers to ask for county and state election officials to extended polling hours.

Machine malfunctions and mistakes happen — an odd thing I have noticed over the years is that they tend to cluster on one job.