Machine mishaps, volunteer no-shows disrupt Election Day in Tulare County

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- It was a unsmooth commencement to Election Day successful Tulare County arsenic officials encountered a fewer challenges aboriginal successful the morning.

The Tulare County Registrar says respective sites had tabulator machines that were not working.

It took a portion for their IT squad to get them backmost up and running.

At slightest a twelve voters had to driblet their ballots disconnected successful an auxiliary bin.

Those votes volition beryllium counted this evening.

In summation volunteers person besides not showed up to astatine slightest 2 Tulare County voting sites.

More than 300 volunteers are trained for Tuesday and immoderate are added to the sub-list.

The registrar says calling successful their back-ups has besides been a challenge.

As of Tuesday afternoon, they are inactive moving to capable a mates of their locations, including the Exeter Memorial Building voting site.