“Broken elevators threaten St. Louis primary as election equipment trapped on 3rd floor”

KSDK:

A brewing crisis at a downtown St. Louis building has placed millions of dollars of voting equipment in limbo and raised serious questions about elevator maintenance oversight, just days before the March primary election begins.

Approximately 80 steel cages containing critical voting machines and heavy election equipment are stranded on the third floor of 300 N. Tucker Boulevard, where both elevators are now inoperable. While officials race to devise a solution before early voting begins in 12 days, records indicate potential lapses in required safety inspections….

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