1542

No, not the year, but the number of over votes (a vote for more than one candidate in a given race)  that appeared in the tallies for 13 separate District of Columbia primary races. Per the Washington Post

The number 1,542 showed up as over votes in the five contests in which only Ward 2 voters could cast ballots, in the four Republican citywide contests and in the four Statehood Green citywide races. The skewed results for write-ins and other tallies also were inflated by about 1,500 votes.

The article’s statement from board of elections officials does not inspire confidence: they either repeated the defective cartridge story or were unavailable for comment.