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

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.

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 a deep-red Pennsylvania county will get two extra hours to vote on Election Day after widespread problems with voting machines caused confusion and long lines.

Voters in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, reported issues with electronic voting machines on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (X/@KimJFlanders)

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.

The board had filed a petition saying the software used in the Electronic Voting System had a malfunction on Tuesday, which prevented voters from scanning their filled-out ballots

The Cambria County Board of Elections learned early this morning that a software malfunction in the County’s Electronic Voting System has prevented voters from scanning their ballots,” a statement from the Office of County Commissioners said.