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Several Harris County polling locations ran out of ballot paper and had technical issues on Election Day. Some election judges of both parties blame staff layoffs and poor training of Election Day workers for making those problems worse. 

After a rocky November election and multiple complaints from the Republican Party, the way Harris County voters vote could be changing, thanks to a handful of election-related bills that seemingly target the Houston area.

A five-month investigation by Houston Public Media found there were problems with Harris County’s elections that stretched over multiple years under the leadership of both parties, but little evidence that those problems may have tilted election outcomes.

One poll worker reported voters were taking a little longer to cast ballots, perhaps because of three statewide referenda. 

Milwaukee elections officials they're seeing voter turnout on track with previous primary elections. Voters said the Supreme Court race is important.

Vote counting machines at about 60 vote centers in Maricopa County, Arizona, temporarily stopped processing ballots. Voters had the immediate option to place their ballot in a slot in the same machine to be counted later. There were reports of frustrated and irritated voters, but no accounts that anyone who wanted to vote couldn’t.

Vote counting machines at about 60 vote centers in Maricopa County, Arizona, stopped processing ballots. The problem was due to a printing error. Ballots that were instead placed in a secure slot marked No. 3 remained under full chain of custody control. The county uses bipartisan teams of ballot couriers to retrieve the ballots and securely transport them to a central vote counting center.

Election workers count ballots at Central Count in Milwaukee for the 2022 midterms.

Polls across the Wisconsin closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday night, Nov. 8. In Milwaukee, the ballot count had already been long underway.

More than 700,000 Wisconsinites voted early, and because of state rules those ballots may contribute to delayed final results.