Printer issues force Utah County to print thousands of emergency ballots
Nov 5, 2024, 6:37 PM | Updated: 10:38 pm
PROVO — Printer issues at several Utah County polling locations are forcing polling officials to print thousands of emergency ballots.
Utah County Election Clerk Aaron Davidson said the polling locations at Highland and Pleasant Grove were both experiencing printer trouble caused by older printers running out of toner on Tuesday evening.
“It’s almost like people have been fasting for in-person elections, and this election, they decided to feast on it. This shows there is a demand; there is an appetite for in-person voting,” Davidson said.
It was later confirmed that polling places in Payson and Orem were also experiencing issues with printing.
Davidson said that as far as officials were aware, nobody had been turned away from voting. He said the problem is that the polling locations received thousands more voters than they anticipated.
“I wasn’t prepared, but we were prepared based on the information that we had,” Davidson said. “I have great confidence in my staff. They have done remarkable work, and they know what they are doing.”
Officials have had to print thousands of emergency ballots at the Utah County Polling Processing Center in Provo, then bring them to the two polling locations that were affected.
