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Wed Nov 6, 2024, 03:16 PM Nov 6

Centre County's election results delayed by software issue, thousands of ballots being rescanned

Source: Centre Daily Times

BY HALIE KINES
UPDATED NOVEMBER 06, 2024 2:44 PM

Centre County’s unofficial election results are becoming clearer after an issue with the county’s election software led to a delay in vote totals. In a release Wednesday morning, the county said about 13,000 vote-by-mail ballots will need to be rescanned, a process that began in the morning. The county made “several attempts” Tuesday night and into early Wednesday to transfer the scanned mail-in ballot data into the county’s election software, the release stated, but it didn’t work.

“Centre County elections staff will start scanning these ballots this morning. We will continue re-scanning these ballots until complete. Re-scanning efforts will take place in the Willowbank Building in Bellefonte,” the release stated. “Watchers from both major parties will be present in the room throughout the re-scanning process, even before re-scanning begins.” At about 2:30 p.m., about 8,200 new mail-in ballots had been reported by the county. It’s unclear when the remaining ballots will be reported.
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“Centre County’s Election team and IT team have identified that the data are successfully being exported from the mail-in ballot scanners, but that the data is not being recognized when uploaded to the elections software,” the previous release stated. Around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, the county said tabulation of mail-in ballots was complete but the results couldn’t be placed into a report form.


Read more: https://www.centredaily.com/news/politics-government/election/article295130864.html

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Centre County's election results delayed by software issue, thousands of ballots being rescanned (Original Post) Qutzupalotl Nov 6 OP
Pennsylvania jmbar2 Nov 6 #1
College town in PA? sounds fishy IbogaProject Nov 6 #2
Interesting the problem was the tabulating computer(s) Captain Zero Nov 6 #3
I wish she hadn't conceded yet tinymontgomery Nov 6 #4
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