3 California Election Websites Back Up After Outage

Update, 1:18 p.m. All three California election sites run by SOE Software are now back up ...

• Contra Costa County
• Shasta County
• Ventura County

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The election website of the Contra Costa County Department of Elections has been down since 7:20 a.m. today.

Officials at the department say the the problem lies with the contractor behind the site, SOE Software (which is also offline), based in Tampa, Florida. Other county websites around the nation that are run by the company, including the one in Ventura County, are also down, the department said.

County officials say SOE is trying to fix the problem, but there is no estimate yet as to when the site may be back online.  The department suggests voters who need to find their polling place check the Get to the Polls website, sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trust and other organizations and tech companies. You can also find that information -- along with what to do with unmailed ballot -- here on KQED.

There are 525,00 registered voters in Contra Costa County, according to the department.

Update: Bay Area News Group is reporting that 18 election websites run by SOE across the country have crashed. The outage has affected Shasta County, along with Contra Costa and Ventura counties.