Voters in counties nationwide ran into a handful of different issues at polling locations during Election Day on Tuesday, from voting machines flipping votes in a Pennsylvania county to electronic poll books malfunctioning in Louisville, Kentucky.
Several precincts in Jefferson County were ordered by the local circuit court to extend their voting hours by a half an hour, until 6:30 p.m. EST, because those polls were closed for half an hour in the morning, reported WLKY. Some of the precincts closed because of a potential gas leak, while others closed as a result of a police pursuit in the area.
Mississippi: There were ballot shortages in Hinds County, resulting in a judge yesterday extending voting times by an hour, to 9 p.m. EST. According to the Associated Press, Hinds County Supervisor Credell Calhoun said, "This is way beyond anything we've seen in the electoral process. As hard as we worked to get the vote out and then you're going to have stupidity to not have enough ballots." Pennsylvania: Electronic voting machines flipped votes yesterday in Northampton County for deciding whether Pennsylvania Superior Court Judges Jack Panella and Victor Stabile should remain on the bench for additional 10-year terms.
The office of Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure said all poll workers were notified to tell voters before entering the voting booth about the problem with recording the vote.
Texas: In Harris County, at one polling place, voters were unable to cast ballots for close to 90 minutes because of a malfunctioning ballot scanner, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Another polling place had two broken voting machines while another location had difficulties with half of the voting machines.
The bill eliminated the elections administrator's office created by the Harris County Commissioner's Court, which critics argued contributed to voting irregularities and mishaps in the 2020 and 2022 elections.
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