Repost from The Virginia Star.
The Virginia Department of Elections (ELECT) discovered 149,000 more voter transactions that got stuck in an online system between the Department of Motor Vehicles and local registrars who needed to process them. The Monday announcement comes just over a week before Election Day, and after the same problem caused delays in processing 107,000 transactions, discovered earlier in October.
The delayed transactions include voter registrations, address updates, and other changes made through the DMV from May through September. ELECT External Affairs Manager Andrea Gaines said thanks to Virginia’s same-day voter registration law, would-be voters have been able to update and correct their information, enabling them to vote.
“ELECT identified the additional transactions by conducting a review after several voters came to vote who had not had their information updated. In each case, the voter’s information was updated onsite by the general registrar, and the voter proceeded to vote,” ELECT said in its press release.
“I am very grateful for the vigilance of Virginia’s general registrars in quickly surfacing concerns during early voting,” Elections Commissioner Susan Beals said. “With information from local officials, ELECT’s IT professionals were able to scour the election system data to identify the additional transactions for processing. I’m pleased that all affected voters are able to vote and that anyone with questions or concerns can reach out to us directly so that we may assist them as we near Election Day.”