WRAL Blog reporting Election Problems:
http://www.wral.com/blog-election-day-sees-many-voters-few-problems-in-nc/14144525/
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7 p.m.: The State Board of Elections is holding an emergency meeting to discuss requests from Johnston, Robeson and Lincoln counties to keep certain polls open beyond 7:30 p.m. because of problems earlier in the day.
A precinct in Maxton ran out of ballots and closed for about 45 minutes in the afternoon – only 500 ballots were provided to the precinct, which has about 2,500 registered voters, officials said – so 60 to 70 voters who showed up during that time were turned away. The state board voted to allow the precinct to stay open until 8:15 p.m.
A polling place was moved for a precinct in Clayton, but the state elections board website continued to show a photo of the old site. Precinct officials redirected voters to the new site, but some local advocates asked that the precinct remain open until 8 p.m. because of the confusion. The board rejected the request.
The board also rejected a proposal to keep the Bentonville precinct open until 9 p.m. because it opened late.
Lincoln County had a countywide power outage Tuesday morning, which delayed the opening of two polling places by 15 to 30 minutes. Two voters complained about the issue, but the board decided not to extend the voting time beyond 7:30 p.m.
5:15 p.m.: There have been sporadic reports of problems at individual precincts throughout the day, although state election officials say there are few signs of systematic problems thus far.
The biggest problems logged by the state have been in Johnston County, where the polling site at the Bentonville Community Building didn’t open until 8 a.m., an hour and a half after Election Day’s 6:30 a.m. start time. Josh Lawson, a spokesman for the board of elections, said roughly 70 people left the polling place without voting in the morning.
The State Board of Elections has the option extending the hours that polling place will be open beyond the normal 7:30 p.m. closing time, although they have not yet met to make that decision.
5 p.m.: Voting-rights group Advancement Project is reporting numerous problems with voting machines in Mecklenburg County (Charlotte), with one polling place being down for more than an hour. The group has asked county elections officials to extend voting hours at the site, but changes to state elections laws that the General Assembly passed last year require that the State Board of Elections approve any such extensions.
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