{"id":446612,"date":"2026-11-04T00:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T00:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446612\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T00:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T00:20:06","slug":"some-local-polling-places-lose-power-during-heavy-rain-according-to-leon-county-supervisor-of-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446612\/","title":{"rendered":"Some local polling places lose power during heavy rain, according to Leon County Supervisor of Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; Heavy showers over the Big Bend are just briefly raining on the Election Day parade, according to Leon County Supervisor of Elections Mark Earley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Earley told WCTV that the county has had at least four polling places with power outages. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He said the voting machines can run for several hours on internal batteries, and the electronic poll books have backup battery supplies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-center\">WCTV Election 2026:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Earley told WCTV that if those backups stop working, poll workers will begin checking people in using \u201cold-fashioned\u201d paper precinct registers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to Earley, some power has been restored, and some locations are currently running on backup generators or battery packs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Earley told WCTV that City of Tallahassee Utilities is prioritizing restoring power to those polling places. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/11\/03\/some-local-polling-places-lose-power-during-heavy-rain-according-leon-county-supervisor-elections\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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