a printing error improperly left about 119000 names off voting rosters in los angeles county politicsthousands of voters were left off primary day rolls in los angeles tamagetty imagesjune 6 2018costa mesa calif a printing error improperly left about 119000 names off voting rosters in los angeles county forcing many to cast provisional ballots prolonging the counting and election results in the states most populous countythe voting problems posed a particular challenge to antonio r villaraigosa a democratic candidate for governor and former mayor of los angeles who was counting on a high turnout in the region in order to advance to the november electionbefore conceding the governors race tuesday night mr villaraigosa asked the county to keep polls open until friday calling the mistake infuriating and unprecedentedhere are results from the california primary on tuesdaythe county clerks office said 1530 voting precincts were affected though it did not specify which areas those precincts are intonight is going to be a long night mr villaraigosa said before again betraying frustration with the voter roster errorwhen youre a leader you calm the waters he said when youre a leader you also say youve got to have answers so in the course of the next day or two until we figure this out we wont cast aspersions but we will demand answersbefore the polls closed mr villaraigosas campaign issued a statement urging supporters not to be discouraged and to be certain to obtain a provisional ballot if their names were not on the listhere are results from new jersey and the other states that voted tuesdayit was unclear whether or how the countys error impacted the election results voters who are properly registered but left off the roster by mistake are still entitled to vote and can record their preferences with provisional ballotsdean c logan the county clerk and recorder of deeds apologized in a statement for the inconvenience and concern this has caused but stressed that no one would be excluded from voting as a resultno specific reason has been given for the errorvoters should be assured their vote will be counted mr logan saidstill in theory a significant procedural mistake could deter some people from voting because of longer lines at the polls or if they decline provisional ballotsmarc e elias a prominent democratic election lawyer sounded the alarm on twitter warning voters they might not be properly listed due to a computer glitchbut dont worry he wrote make sure you get a provisional ballot and vote if you are not on the rolls due to a computer glitch your vote will count