Additional unprocessed voter registration applications discovered in Virginia

NORFOLK, Va. – Extra unprocessed voter registration have been found over the weekend sending registrars throughout the state scrambling to course of them earlier than Election Day.

“It’s totally regarding they simply discovered these purposes now,” mentioned Virginia Seaside Voter Registrar Christine Lewis, who says her workplace has to course of 6,500 new purposes this week.

“I need to get out forward of this as a result of it places numerous stress on the workplace the week earlier than the election,” mentioned Lewis.

The problem is said to a technological glitch that held up 107,000 DMV information from being processed, in keeping with the Dept. of Elections. Earlier this month, the Commissioner of the Dept. of Elections mentioned the problem was “resolved.”

On Monday, the Dept. mentioned there have been an extra 149,000 information to be processed.

“With data from native officers, ELECT’s IT professionals have been capable of scour the election system information to establish the extra transactions for processing. I’m happy that every one affected voters are capable of vote and that anybody with questions or considerations can attain out to us straight in order that we could help them as we close to Election Day,” Commissioner Susan Beals mentioned in a press release.

In Norfolk, Voter Registrar Stephanie Iles says they’ve an extra 3,400 purposes to course of.

“We’re busy processing these transactions and admire the persistence of the general public. We’ve got accepted additional time once more for our employees to finish these in time for Election Day,” Iles mentioned in an e mail to Information 3 Monday morning.

Iles says that is impacting individuals who accomplished their registration on the Dept. of Motor Automobiles from a Might to October timeframe. If somebody is impacted, they might be capable to full a similar day registration software and vote by provisional poll, she mentioned.

Information 3 additionally reached out to Gov. Youngkin for remark. A spokesperson mentioned they might get again to a reporter.