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Voting in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, was extended as a result of technical issues yesterday (5 November), which prevented voters from scanning their ballots.
By court order, the voting close time was extended from 8pm to 10pm as a result of the technical difficulties. Reports also suggest votes were conducted on paper ballots as the issue was not resolved at the time of the court order.
“The Cambria County Board of Election learned early this morning that a software malfunction in the county’s Electronic Voting System has prevented voters from scanning their ballots,” said Cambria County solicitor Ron Repak.
“This should not discourage voters from voting at their voting precincts. The board has filed a court order extending the time to vote within Cambria County.”
Repak added that “the malfunction caused voter confusion, long lines of voters, and many individuals left the polling locations without casting a ballot”.
Despite the issue, Repak ensured that all votes would still be counted and that IT specialists were investigating the issue.
Issues were also detected in Bedford County, while reports suggested Blair, Somerset, and Luzerne counties also had issues, although this was unconfirmed.
At the same time as the technical issue, Republican leader Donald Trump said there had been cheating and electoral fraud in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Trump took to his social media network, Truth Social, and claimed that law enforcement was coming for those cheating the election.
“A lot of talk about massive CHEATING in Philadelphia. Law Enforcement coming!!!” he said.
Pennsylvania supported Trump in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, but it is a key swing state for the election.
Trump’s claims of cheating were quickly dismissed by the nation’s federal cyber security agency.
A senior adviser to the director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said that it had not observed any “data or reporting to support [Trump’s] claims”.
Additionally, district attorney Larry Krasner said, in a post on X, that there was “no factual basis in these allegations”.
“We have invited complaints and allegations of improprieties all day. If Donald J. Trump has any facts to support his wild allegations, we want them now. Right now. We are not holding our breath,” Krasner said.
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