As Snopes has covered in detail, delayed vote counts are not a sign of election fraud or disenfranchisement. Because technical difficulties delaying vote counting did, in fact, cause a voting extension in Cambria County, however, the claim is true.

Early on Election Day, Cambria County officials ran into issues with the ballot counting software, causing long lines and potential voters to leave.

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.

Voting in Cambria County, Pennsylvania has been extended until 10 p.m. today. A Cambria County judge granted an emergency petition filed by the county Board of Elections seeking to extend voting by two hours after a software malfunction disrupted election operations countywide.

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

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 by provisional 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.