Agissar Machine “Slicing” – Thousands of Ballots Processed Unobserved After Machine Damage (PA)

[Disputed Fact – As to number of affected ballots and disposition] An Agissar ballot processing machine – used in Delaware County’s ballot handling operation – “sliced” thousands of ballots, physically damaging them. The sliced ballots were removed from the standard processing stream and, per whistleblower accounts, were subsequently processed outside the observation of legally required poll watchers and without chain-of-custody documentation recording who handled the damaged ballots, how they were evaluated for voter intent, or what happened to them. Internal county email communications confirm county employees were aware of the machine slicing events and the resulting chain-of-custody failures. Under Pennsylvania law, damaged ballots must be duplicated according to specific procedures with bipartisan witness requirements; any deviation is a statutory violation.