A software malfunction in vote-scanning machines extended the opening of polling stations in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.
According to local media, the commissioners submitted a request to keep the ballot boxes open until 10 pm instead of 8 pm at the state level.
The court responded to the request by issuing an order keeping polling stations in the district open until 10 p.m. local time, giving voters an opportunity to cast their ballots, according to the channel. WTAJ-TV“Local.
In detail, the proposal card scanners encountered a problem, as they were unable to read ballot cards, due to a malfunction in the program.
Due to the technical malfunction, “the ballot papers were placed in a closed box, to be scanned later the same day.”
All completed ballots will be accepted, secured, and counted by the Board of Elections, which has a rapid scanning machine to continue allowing voting.
“Ballot processing issues this morning in Cambria have led to delays that are simply unacceptable,” Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement after the request was filed.
He added, “Our legal team moved immediately to push for extending voting hours to give voters the opportunity to cast their ballots.”
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This county in Pennsylvania is considered pivotal to the elections, as the percentage of votes in favor of the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, in the previous elections four years ago was approximately 70 percent, compared to 30 percent for his then rival, Joe Biden.
Pennsylvania represents 19 major voters in the Electoral College, a number exceeding that allocated to any other swing state, that is, those that could vote for either the Democratic candidate, Kamla Harris, or her Republican competitor, Trump, at a time when polls show almost equal results between them.
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