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Blackburn Vote Default Glitch Forces Three Corrections in Tennessee

By Drooid · Oct 23, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC · How we work

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Officials blame user error

Stella Parton said a Tennessee voting machine defaulted to Sen. Marsha Blackburn, forcing her to correct her vote three times on Oct. 21 at Hermitage Library.
State election officials said the machines have multiple safeguards and attributed reported glitches to user error or screen calibration, not systematic vote flipping.
A recent poll showed Sen. Marsha Blackburn leading Democratic candidate Jerri Green by 12 points in the Tennessee governor’s race.

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Alleged vote rigging

Stella Parton reported a voting machine at Tennessee’s Hermitage Library defaulted to Sen. Marsha Blackburn, forcing her to correct her vote three times on Oct. 21.
The report frames the incidents as vote-rigging, urging voters to verify ballots and criticizing Republican Party’s divisiveness and lack of accountability.
Other voters reported machines registering the opposite candidate after multiple attempts.
Secretary of State’s office recorded only one vote-flipping complaint among 400,000 ballots.

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Officials blame user error

Stella Parton said a Tennessee voting machine defaulted to Sen. Marsha Blackburn, forcing her to correct her vote three times on Oct. 21 at Hermitage Library.
State election officials said the machines have multiple safeguards and attributed reported glitches to user error or screen calibration, not systematic vote flipping.
A recent poll showed Sen. Marsha Blackburn leading Democratic candidate Jerri Green by 12 points in the Tennessee governor’s race.

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