Voters in three Pennsylvania counties reported ballot scanner problems on Election Day that forced ballots into holding boxes or folders instead of being scanned on the spot.
In Beaver County, a voter said the machine to scan ballots “isn’t working,” and that ballots have to go into a box to be scanned after polls close.
Election integrity activist Scott Presler posted on X that he received a message from a voter in Beaver County saying, “Scott we need help in Beaver County! They are saying that the machine to scan ballots isn’t working and the ballots have to go in a box and then they are going to scan them all after polls close!!!!”
Just received this message from a voter:
“Scott we need help in Beaver County! They are saying that the machine to scan ballots isn’t working and the ballots have to go in a box and then they are going to scan them all after polls close!!!!”
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) November 3, 2026
In Luzerne County, the same county that ran out of paper in 2022, a screenshotted Facebook post described the Butler Township District 8 scanner having no ballot bin attached, so ballots went into a holding box.
Problem in Luzerne County, PA
Yes, this is the county that ran out of paper in 2022.
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) November 3, 2026
In Williamson in Franklin County a Facebook post claimed the machine was down at 7 a.m., some voters were turned away and could not return because of work, and ballots were later put “in a folder.”
Pennsylvania voters disenfranchised in Williamson.
Franklin is a very red county.
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) November 3, 2026
Presler noted that Franklin “is a very red county.”
Local news outlets had not published independent confirmation of these specific scanner failures as of mid-morning.
Votebeat Pennsylvania reporter Carter Walker noted on X that there had been scattered reports of machines jamming or not scanning across the state, but that he had not seen county-wide issues such as ballot shortages or improperly programmed machines.
It’s past 10 AM, and while there have been scattered reports of machines jamming or not scanning, I haven’t seen any county-wide issues like ballot shortages, misprinted poll books, or improperly programmed machines. Typically those issues are noticed first thing in the AM.
— Carter Walker (@ByCarterWalker) November 3, 2026
Pennsylvania counties must have contingency plans for equipment failures, including emergency ballot boxes or folders at polling places so voting can continue while technicians address problems or ballots are scanned later.
Luzerne County switched this year to a new Hart InterCivic Vanguard system that uses hand-marked paper ballots fed into scanners, after previously using Dominion touchscreen ballot-marking devices.
The Gateway Pundit will continue to monitor for reports on midterm election issues or irregularities.
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