About one-third of Prince William County polling places were reporting glitches with their electronic poll books Tuesday morning.

The problem was with computers that keep track of who comes to vote - prompting some voting delays this morning.

Prince William County Registrar Michele White said the problem prompted a small group of voters to leave a polling place at Leesylvania Elementary School, in the Woodbridge district, just as polls were supposed to open at 6 a.m.
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[Prince William County Registrar Michele] White said the problem has to do with getting the computers to link so that when one voter checks in to vote, all computers at the polling place register the voter's arrival. The system is not using the Internet but is rather linked with a special modem.

Polling places are not using paper poll books as a backup, but voters' arrival will be recorded in at least one computer.

White said it's a problem voting officials are working to fix today and will likely have to further explore after the election to prevent future syncing problems.

Some voters, however, have already reported problems at some polling locations.

A loose wire is to blame for a voting mishap at one location, where some voters waited over an hour before they were allowed to cast a ballot.

"The polls have been stalled, I guess," said Alayna Pagnani Gendron. "I don't know what's going on."

At one point, the line at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church on Waugh Drive stretched out the door, filled with voters who were not allowed to vote. "It was ridiculous. An hour and a half to get the polls open," said Brenda Lemoine.

Voters told KPRC2 there were two issues at play: first, the location's election judge was late because of a flat tire. Then, a machine used to confirm voters' registration would not work. Voters whose last name began with letters L-Z were assigned that machine and had to wait until the machine was fixed.

(Cincinnati) Voters in Hamilton County turned angry Tuesday morning as they experienced a number of problems at various polling places around the county. Hamilton County is one of 12 that are using the new electronic pollbooks in Tuesday's general election that were touted by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted as a way to streamline the voting process.

One voter from Springfield Twp. told 700WLW News he votes in every election but the new system showed him as not being registered. The poll workers let him cast a provisional ballot, but other voters have said they are experiencing the same problem. Another voter says he and others at his polling station in Mt. Healthy didn't get to vote at all because poll workers didn't have provisional ballots on hand.

There were also reported problems with poll workers having a difficult time using the new system which added to the already long wait times Tuesday morning. One voter reported waiting up to an hour-and-a-half to vote. Several voters reported to 700WLW News that they left their polling place without voting and are unable to return to the polls today.

One Hyde Park voter said he arrived just as the polls opened only to still be waiting at 7:45 a.m. and had to leave for work.

"...about a dozen people including myself left without voting," the voter told 700WLW News.

Another voter...said he and his wife waited patiently for over an hour while workers tried to repair a faulty E-poll book. Both were unable to remain waiting and not issued provisional ballots.

The state spent about 12.7 million dollars to help counties pay for the new E-poll books. That doesn't include the money the counties contributed to the new system.

Jon Husted replied on Twitter that he's aware and trying to help with the problems.

ROCKVILLE --- When early voters headed to City Hall to cast early ballots this weekend, not all the names for City Council candidates were in the same place. Voters instead had to click a "More" button at the bottom of the screen before seeing the names of Clark Reed and Patrick Schoof, as well as a space for write-in candidates.

How that affects the candidates' vote totals remains to be seen after 613 people cast early votes in the run-up to the Nov. 3 election. Next Tuesday, most voters are set to cast paper ballots with all the candidates' names in the same place for mayor and council.