Tulare County experiences volunteer no-shows on Election Day

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- It was a rough start to Election Day in Tulare County as officials encountered a few challenges early in the morning.

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

It took a while for their IT team to get them back up and running.

At least a dozen voters had to drop their ballots off in an auxiliary bin.

Those votes will be counted later on a tabulator at the elections office.

In addition, not all volunteers showed up at least two Tulare County voting sites. The registrar says calling in their backups has also been a challenge.

Over 300 volunteers are trained for Tuesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, they are still working to fill a couple of their locations, including the Exeter Memorial Building voting site.

However, all voting sites opened on time and remained open throughout the day.

EDITORS NOTE: This story was updated to clarify how votes were handled when the tabulators weren't working and that all voting sites opened on time.

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