Vote counting continues in Westchester after widespread machine problems, no estimate on completion

Well, bipartisan teams are continuing to count those emergency ballots here at the Westchester County Board of Elections facility in Ardsley. There seems to be a little bit of a different. Procedure going on in terms of who can be let in at the time we tried going in ourselves, but I think they're letting people in smaller groups that is in. So they asked members of the press to stay outside for just a little bit longer. We have not been invited back in just yet, but they told us we would be eventually. So here exactly is what we know so far in a Facebook post. County legislator James Nolan says he is one of the candidates that will once again be in attendance. In attendance throughout the day today to monitor the process, we saw him as we were pulling up. Pete Harcum's team also says there are still about 29,000 ballots that need to be counted. Currently, there are two cop cars here with police on the scene saying they are serving as security for the ballots. This all comes after the majority of voting machines in Westchester would not accept the paper ballots specifically on Election Day and voters had to put them in the secured orange bags. There have been some conflicting reports on the reason for the issue. Some have said it had to do with the machines programming, while others say the issue was with the pre-printed ballot itself. Either way, County Executive Ken Jenkins says members from both Both sides of the political spectrum are forming a bipartisan committee to investigate what exactly went down. Now, at last check, there has not been an estimated ETA for when the counting will be finished. We are continuing to following up on this story for you. And when we find out those details, we will let you know. In the meantime, we're in Artsley, Westchester County. Katarina Balalas, News 12.