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.

A Pennsylvania court has extended voting in Cambria County from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Tuesday due to issues scanning ballots. The court order said all ballots past 8 p.m. will be cast as provisional ballots. The Cambria County Board of Elections said all completed ballots will be counted by the board.

On Tuesday morning, social media users began complaining of issues with voting machines in Cambria, Pennsylvania. One user on X, Shawn Sikora, wrote, “Cambria county Pennsylvania, voting machines are not scanning and we are being told to drop them in a lock box and they will scan them later. What the hell is going on.”

Cambria County, Pennsylvania extended voting hours after a “software malfunction” disrupted voters’ ability to scan their ballots.

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,

Technical problems prevented the electronic scanning of ballots in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, necessitating an extension of voting hours on Election Day 2024. Rating: True (About this rating?) Context: Election officials were prepared for this possibility and announced the paper ballots would be retained under lock and key until the problem was resolved.

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.