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Some Florida counties had difficulty reporting primary election results to the public, officials say

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) β€” Some Florida counties had difficulty Tuesday reporting primary election results to the public because of an unspecified glitch involving a vendor, state officials said.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) β€” Some Florida counties had difficulty Tuesday reporting results to the public because of an unspecified glitch involving a vendor, state officials said.

Secretary of State Cord Byrd said at a news conference that counties using the vendor VR Systems reported the issue, which included websites timing out.

β€œThis was an issue with their public-facing websites. It had nothing to do with the data or the votes being transmitted to the Department of State,” Byrd said.

A person who answered the phone at VR Systems forwarded The Associated Press to COO Ben Martin, who did not immediately return a voicemail seeking comment.

The elections supervisor in Hillsborough County, Craig Latimer, said in a statement that the unknown problem caused β€œintermittent down time and slowness” on its websites but there was no interference with tabulation of votes. Hillsborough County includes the city of Tampa.

β€œThe public website is completely separate from the vote tabulation system, voter registration system or election night results reporting website,” according to the statement.

The Associated Press

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