Technical problems prevented the electronic scanning of ballots in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, necessitating an extension of voting hours on Election Day 2024.

Electronic voting machines in Cambria County, Pennsylvania had issues scanning ballots as voters went to the polls in the US, leading some social media users to falsely claim it was an intentional attempt to sabotage Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Voters who get in line after 8 p.m. in Cambria County will fill out a provisional ballot, according to the Department of State. Other counties can still start reporting unofficial results once the polls close at 8 p.m.

Voters in one Pennsylvania county will have an extra two hours to vote Tuesday after ballot-scanning machines in some precincts failed to work. Voting in Cambria County is extended to 10 p.m., according to a petition for emergency relief filed in the Court of Common Pleas in Cambria County.

Polls in a key Pennsylvania county will be open for an additional two hours Tuesday following a malfunction with ballot scanners.

A judge in Cambria County, Pa., extended the county’s voting period by two hours after ballot scanners weren’t working this morning. The elections board in the Republican-leaning county, about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh,

Election officials in Cambria County filed an emergency petition to extend voting hours after voters were left unable to scan their completed ballots on Tuesday.