Nightly News   |  November 06, 2012

Pa. voting machine chooses Romney over Obama

The Pennsylvania polling machine was recalibrated and returned to service after a voter had problems voting for Obama. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> our justice correspondent pete williams has been watching for all reports of irregularities at the polls today. he reports that so far things have gone fairly well for the most part. he'll be part of our election night coverage tonight. however, one incident quickly went viral starting this morning. it happened to a voter in pennsylvania today as he filmed himself pushing the electronic screen, the obama button, the machine checked off romney's name instead. he eventually figured out how to touch a screen in such a way that allowed him to choose the candidate of his choice. he reported the problem to poll workers.