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Spider in voting machine entangles Massachusetts town election

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A spider web was found in the Rehoboth, Massachusetts, voting machine after it stopped reading ballots. News Desk An itsy bitsy spider is to blame for jamming up a voting machine in Massachusetts on Election Day. Rehoboth Town Clerk Kathleen Conti called a technician after one of the town’s aging voting population.