Long queues and breakdowns of machinery: voting on polling day

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Voters are queuing at the Brunswick Junior High School gymnasium to receive their ballot for the mid-term election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Brunswick, Maine.

Voters are queuing at the Brunswick Junior High School gymnasium to receive their ballot for the mid-term election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Brunswick, Maine.

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People are queuing for early voting in the November mid-term elections on Monday at Lion's Park. Bexar County has 43 advance polls, which are scheduled to run until November 2.

People are queuing for early voting in the November mid-term elections on Monday at Lion's Park. Bexar County has 43 advance polls, which are scheduled to run until November 2.

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Tyra Moreland, of the Georgia Elections Department, asks voters to move away from their usual polling booth located in an Atlanta library to a new location about two miles from the library. Long queues and faulty machines spoiled the first voting hours on Tuesday in some constituencies across the country. Some of the biggest problems were in Georgia. less

Tyra Moreland, of the Georgia Elections Department, asks voters to move away from their usual polling booth located in an Atlanta library to a new location about two miles from the library. Long lines and faulty machines are tainted … more

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A billboard is seen in a polling booth on Tuesday November 6, 2018 in Chandler, Arizona. A new polling station was opened four hours late after the place of origin did not open due to the closure of the building during the night. less

A notice is seen at a polling station on Tuesday November 6, 2018 in Chandler, Arizona. A new polling station opened four hours late after the place of origin was not opened because of the lock of the buildings … more

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Voters lined up to vote shortly before the polls opened during the mid-term elections at the first church in Owbado, Oklahoma on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

America votes in mid-term elections of 2018

Voters lined up to vote shortly before the polls opened during the mid-term elections at the first church in Owbado, Oklahoma on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

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A line is formed outside the polling place on polling day in Atlanta on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

A line is formed outside the polling place on polling day in Atlanta on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

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Lloyd Salters, of Humansville, Mo., votes at Caplinger Woods RV Campgrounds, on Tuesday November 6, 2018 in Stockton, Mo.

Lloyd Salters, of Humansville, Mo., votes at Caplinger Woods RV Campgrounds, on Tuesday November 6, 2018 in Stockton, Mo.

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The Democratic candidate for US Senator Beto O'Rourke signals to his wife to leave a polling station in El Paso, Texas, after voting on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. His wife, Amy Sanders, is to her right. His daughter, 10-year-old Molly, walks past him.

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Beto O'Rourke, US Democratic Senator, greets the press as he and his family leave a polling station in El Paso, Texas, after voting on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. His wife, Amy Sanders, is on the right.

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US Deputy Beto O. Rourke (D-TX) (D), candidate in the Senate, talks with one of his supporters after voting at the El Campo Community College of Rio Grande Campus on election day, the November 6, 2018 in El Paso, Texas. In Texas, O 'Rourke is in a surprisingly close fight against incumbent Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) for the race in the US Senate.

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US Deputy Beto O. Rourke (D-TX) (D), candidate in the Senate, talks with one of his supporters after voting at the El Campo Community College of Rio Grande Campus on election day, the November 6, 2018 in El Paso, Texas. In Texas,

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Beto ORourke (R), US Senate candidate in Texas, walks with his wife, Amy Hoover Sanders, and his three children, Ulysses, 11 (3rd L); Henry, 7 years old (L); and Molly, 10, at the Rio Grande Campus-Rio Grande Campus College to vote in the mid-term elections in the United States on November 6, 2018. – Americans began voting on Tuesday in the mid-term elections which marked the first controversial election test of US President Donald Trump presidency, with congressional control at stake.

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Beto ORourke (R), US Senate candidate in Texas, walks with his wife, Amy Hoover Sanders, and his three children, Ulysses, 11 (3rd L); Henry, 7 years old (L); and Molly, 10, at the El Paso-Rio Grande Campus Community College

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Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, votes while he is holding his granddaughter, Ela Molina, on Tuesday November 6, 2018 in Cleveland.

Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, votes while he is holding his granddaughter, Ela Molina, on Tuesday November 6, 2018 in Cleveland.

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Representative Peter King and his wife, Rosemary, hand in their completed ballots as electors turn up at the Manor Elementary School in Seaford, New York state, on polling day, Tuesday, Nov. 6. 2018.

Representative Peter King and his wife, Rosemary, hand in their completed ballots as electors turn up at the Manor Elementary School in Seaford, New York state, on polling day, Tuesday, Nov. 6. 2018.

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Democrat Liuba Grechen-Shirley, who is running against Representative Peter King in the Second Congressional District of New York, greets the voting inspectors as voters turn up at Amityville Memorial High School, Amityville, in the 39, State of New York, Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

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Democrat Liuba Grechen-Shirley, who is running against Representative Peter King in New York's Second Congressional District, greets voting inspectors as voters turn up at Amityville Memorial High School High School

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The mayor of Tallahbadee and Florida Democratic Democrat candidate Andrew Gillum, along with his one-year-old son, Davis, come out after voting on November 6, 2018 in Tallahbadee, Florida. Gillum is in a tight race against Republican candidate Ron DeSantis.

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The mayor of Tallahbadee and Florida Democratic Democrat candidate Andrew Gillum, along with his one-year-old son, Davis, come out after voting on November 6, 2018 in Tallahbadee, Florida. Gillum is in a

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Tallahbadee Mayor and Democratic Democrat Governor Andrew Gillum and his one-year-old son Davis discuss with the media after voting November 6, 2018 in Tallahbadee, Florida. Gillum is in a tight race against Republican candidate Ron DeSantis.

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Tallahbadee Mayor and Democratic Democrat Governor Andrew Gillum and his one-year-old son Davis discuss with the media after voting November 6, 2018 in Tallahbadee, Florida. Gillum

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Governor candidate Ron DeSantis welcomes supporters with his son Mason after voting on election day Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at the Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer Church in Ponte Vedra Beach , in Florida.

Governor candidate Ron DeSantis welcomes supporters with his son Mason after voting on election day Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at the Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer Church in Ponte Vedra Beach , in Florida.

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The governor candidate, Ron DeSantis, leaves his polling station with his son Mason, his wife Casey and his daughter Madison on polling day, Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at Notre-Dame-de-la-Madeleine. the Sea of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

The governor candidate, Ron DeSantis, leaves his polling station with his son Mason, his wife Casey and his daughter Madison on polling day, Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at Notre-Dame-de-la-Madeleine. the Sea of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

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Voters are waiting to vote at Fiesta Mart on Kirby Drive and Old Spanish Trail on polling day, Tuesday November 6, 2018 in Houston.

Voters are waiting to vote at Fiesta Mart on Kirby Drive and Old Spanish Trail on polling day, Tuesday November 6, 2018 in Houston.

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Voters will go to the polls in front of a school on Tuesday to vote in the 2018 mid-term elections in Arlington, Virginia on November 6, 2018.

Voters will go to the polls in front of a school on Tuesday to vote in the 2018 mid-term elections in Arlington, Virginia on November 6, 2018.

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Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., In the center, returns home with his mother, Mary Kathleen, on the left, followed by her wife, Anne Holton, on the right, after voting in Richmond, Virginia on Tuesday, November 6 2018. Kaine is running against Republican Corey Stewart.

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Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., In the center, returns home with his mother, Mary Kathleen, on the left, followed by her wife, Anne Holton, on the right, after voting in Richmond, Virginia on Tuesday, November 6 2018. Kaine is running against Republican

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Burton resident Kbadi Jozwiak, left, votes with her 7-year-old daughter Haidyn Jozwiak on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the New Testament Community Church in Burton, Mich.

Burton resident Kbadi Jozwiak, left, votes with her 7-year-old daughter Haidyn Jozwiak on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the New Testament Community Church in Burton, Mich.

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A person carries a sign "Democrats, Vote, Vote" at the mid-term elections in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on Monday, November 6, 2018. The Mid-term Elections Today will determine whether Republicans will retain control of Congress and pave the way for President Donald. Trump's candidacy for re-election in 2020

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A person carries a sign "Democrats, Vote, Vote" at the mid-term elections in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on Monday, November 6, 2018. The Mid-term Elections from today will determine if Republicans keep control of

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An elector looks at a map while waiting to vote in mid-session on November 6, 2018 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Voters come in record numbers to vote while taking into account national issues such as immigration, a strong economy and President Trump's overall performance.

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An elector looks at a map while waiting to vote in mid-session on November 6, 2018 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Voters come in historic numbers to vote while taking into account national issues, including

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A woman shows her support for voters with a "Bravo Voters" sign in front of the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center on November 6, 2018 in Houston, Texas. On polling day, voters went to polling stations around Texas to vote in mid-session.

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A woman shows her support for voters with a "Bravo Voters" sign in front of the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center polling booth on November 6, 2018 in Houston, Texas. Voters visited polling stations around Texas on

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Greg Stanton, Democratic candidate for the United States, greets voters with his daughter in front of a polling station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, on Monday, November 6, 2018. The mid-term elections of Today, they will determine whether Republicans will retain control of Congress and pave the way. for the candidacy of President Donald Trump to be reelected in 2020.

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Greg Stanton, Democratic candidate for the United States, greets voters with his daughter in front of a polling station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, on Monday, November 6, 2018. The mid-term elections of 39, today will determine

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Voters vote in front of an American flag at a polling station in Purcellville, Virginia, United States, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Today's midterm elections will determine whether Republicans will retain the right to vote. Congress and will pave the way for the candidacy of President Donald Trump. to be re-elected in 2020.

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Voters vote in front of an American flag at a polling station in Purcellville, Virginia, USA, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Today's midterm elections will determine whether Republicans retain control of

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Voters voted in a polling booth in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 6, 2018. – Americans began voting on Tuesday during the mid-term elections that marked the first election test of the controversial presidency of US President Donald Trump, under congressional control.

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Voters voted in a polling booth in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 6, 2018. – Americans began voting on Tuesday during the mid-term elections that marked the first major election test of the US president .

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A panel 'Vote Here' is located along a road near a polling place on Election Day on November 6, 2018 in St. Clairsville, Ohio. The turnout should be high throughout the country, with Democrats hoping to regain control of at least one House of Congress.

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A panel 'Vote Here' is located along a road near a polling place on Election Day on November 6, 2018 in St. Clairsville, Ohio. The turnout should be high across the country, with Democrats hoping to regain control of

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Displaced voters walk in debris to vote in a new polling station after their usual polling site was damaged by Hurricane Michael at Shell Point Beach, Wakulla County, Florida on November 6, 2018 The Floridians decide on two highly contested races for the Senate and the Governor, among other local seats.

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Displaced voters walk in debris to vote in a new polling station after their usual polling site was damaged by Hurricane Michael at Shell Point Beach, Wakulla Country, Florida on November 6, 2018 .

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Stickers are available for voters who voted at Franklin Elementary School on November 6, 2018 in Kent, Ohio. The turnout should be high throughout the country, with Democrats hoping to regain control of at least one House of Congress.

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Stickers are available for voters who voted at Franklin Elementary School on November 6, 2018 in Kent, Ohio. Participation rate should be high across the country as Democrats hope to regain control

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Voters voted in a polling station installed at the Noonday Baptist Church for mid-term elections on November 6, 2018 in Marietta, Georgia. Georgia has a tight race to elect the next governor of the state.

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Voters voted in a polling station installed at the Noonday Baptist Church for mid-term elections on November 6, 2018 in Marietta, Georgia. Georgia has a tight race to elect the next state

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his girlfriend Sandra Lee arrive to vote at Mount Kisco Presbyterian Church on Mt. Kisco, N.Y. Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his girlfriend Sandra Lee arrive to vote at Mount Kisco Presbyterian Church on Mt. Kisco, N.Y. Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

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Stuart Wood, of Stockton, Missouri, carries the sticker "I voted" after voting at Caplinger Woods Campgrounds and Camping, on Tuesday November 6, 2018 in Stockton, Missouri.

Stuart Wood, of Stockton, Missouri, carries the sticker "I voted" after voting at Caplinger Woods Campgrounds and Camping, on Tuesday November 6, 2018 in Stockton, Missouri.

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A line is formed outside the polling place on polling day in Atlanta on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

A line is formed outside the polling place on polling day in Atlanta on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

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A queue at a garage located outside a polling station on Election Day in Atlanta on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

A queue at a garage located outside a polling station on Election Day in Atlanta on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

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Voters voted at Collister Elementary in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Voters voted at Collister Elementary in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

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People line up to vote at a public school in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

People line up to vote at a public school in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

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Les électeurs attendent en ligne pour voter à l'intérieur de la baie de feu à la Armada Twp. Service d'incendie, mardi 6 novembre 2018, dans le quartier Armada, Michigan (Todd McInturf / Detroit News via AP)

Les électeurs attendent en ligne pour voter à l'intérieur de la baie de feu à la Armada Twp. Service d'incendie, mardi 6 novembre 2018, dans le quartier Armada, Michigan (Todd McInturf / Detroit News via AP)

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Les électeurs font la file pour voter peu avant l'ouverture du scrutin aux élections de mi-mandat à la First Church d'Owbado, dans l'Oklahoma, le mardi 6 novembre 2018. (Mike Simons / Tulsa World via AP)

Les électeurs font la file pour voter peu avant l'ouverture du scrutin aux élections de mi-mandat à la First Church d'Owbado, dans l'Oklahoma, le mardi 6 novembre 2018. (Mike Simons / Tulsa World via AP)

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Les électeurs arrivent au bureau de vote du Tuttle Park Recreation Center, le mardi 6 novembre 2018 à Columbus, dans l'Ohio. Across the country, voters went to the polls Tuesday to participate in one of the most prominent mid-term elections in years. less

Les électeurs arrivent au bureau de vote du Tuttle Park Recreation Center, le mardi 6 novembre 2018 à Columbus, dans l'Ohio. Partout dans le pays, les électeurs se sont rendus aux urnes mardi, dans l'un des plus médiatisés des … plus

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Les travailleurs électoraux Mark Bezanson, à gauche, et Julie Olson retirent les bulletins de vote rbademblés plus tôt dans la journée des boîtes de dépôt sur une table de tri au bureau des élections du comté de King, le lundi 5 novembre 2018, à Renton, Washington. Tous les électeurs votant à Washington seulement par mail. less

Les travailleurs électoraux Mark Bezanson, à gauche, et Julie Olson retirent les bulletins de vote rbademblés plus tôt dans la journée des boîtes de dépôt sur une table de tri au bureau des élections du comté de King, le lundi 5 novembre 2018, à … plus

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Les électeurs ont emballé l'annexe du comté de Vigo à Terre Haute, Ind., Le lundi 5 novembre 2018, lors de la dernière journée de vote anticipé. (Austen Leake / Tribune-Star via AP)

Les électeurs ont emballé l'annexe du comté de Vigo à Terre Haute, Ind., Le lundi 5 novembre 2018, lors de la dernière journée de vote anticipé. (Austen Leake / Tribune-Star via AP)

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The voters were lined up outside the Vigo County annex in Terre Haute, Ind.,. Monday, November 5, 2018, to take advantage of the last day of the advance poll. (Austen Leake / Tribune-Star via AP)

The voters were lined up outside the Vigo County annex in Terre Haute, Ind.,. Monday, November 5, 2018, to take advantage of the last day of the advance poll. (Austen Leake / Tribune-Star via AP)

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Les électeurs font la queue au gymnase de la Brunswick Junior High School pour recevoir leur bulletin de vote en vue de l'élection de mi-mandat, le mardi 6 novembre 2018, à Brunswick, dans le Maine.

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Longues files d'attente et pannes de machines: vote du vote le jour du scrutin

ATLANTA (AP) – Des problèmes ont surgi au cours des semaines précédant le vote anticipé, certains électeurs de tout le pays étant confrontés à des files d'attente de plusieurs heures, des équipements de vote défectueux et des bureaux de vote fermés de manière inattendue.

Certains des plus grands remplaçants se trouvaient en Géorgie, où la course du gouverneur comptait parmi les compétitions de mi-mandat les plus regardées du pays et suscitait une forte participation.

Un électeur du comté de Gwinnett, Ontaria Woods, a attendu plus de trois heures et a déclaré avoir vu environ deux douzaines de personnes venues voter, à cause des lignes.

"Nous essayons de leur dire d'attendre, mais les gens ont des enfants. Les gens ont faim. Les gens sont fatigués", a déclaré Woods.

Le groupe gouvernemental Common Cause Common a blâmé le taux de participation élevé badocié à un trop petit nombre de machines à voter, de bulletins de vote et de travailleurs.

Le directeur des élections du comté de Fulton, Richard Barron, a reconnu que certains bureaux de vote avaient des lignes d’électeurs, mais a expliqué que cela était dû à la longueur des bulletins de vote et aux machines à voter retirées du fait d’un procès en cours.

Alors que le vote s'est déroulé sans encombre dans de nombreuses communautés, les électeurs de New York à l'Arizona ont dû faire face à de longues files d'attente et à des équipements défectueux.

Dans toute la ville de New York, des scanneurs de bulletins de vote cbadés ont été rapportés dans plusieurs bureaux de vote. Le taux de participation était si élevé dans l'un des quartiers les plus peuplés de l'Upper West Side de Manhattan que la file d'attente pour scanner les bulletins de vote s'étendait autour du gymnase d'une école secondaire de premier cycle. Les agents électoraux ont dit aux électeurs que deux des environ une demi-douzaine de scanneurs fonctionnaient mal et que des réparations étaient en cours.

Voters arriving at two separate polling stations discovered that most scanners had broken down, forcing some people to drop their ballots in "emergency ballot boxes" or vote using an affidavit ballot.

"There are broken scanners everywhere in Brooklyn," Stefan Ringel, spokesman for Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, told the AP.

He said Adams and his staff are being flooded with phone calls, emails and text messages reporting breakdowns in more than a dozen neighborhoods.

Compared to the 2016 elections, he said, "anecdotally, it seems worse, and there's confusion among poll workers about what to do."

Many voters nevertheless stuck it out, determined to cast their ballot.

"People are grumpy and frustrated but positive in a weird way, making jokes and talking to one another. I think it's because we all are in the 'no one will stop our vote today' mood,'" said Nikki Euell, an advertising producer who waited more than two hours to vote in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood.

The local breakdowns are a symptom of a larger problem with the nation's voting infrastructure, said Lawrence Norden, a voting technology expert with the Brennan Center.

More than 40 states use computerized voting machines that are more than a decade old or are no longer manufactured.

"It's further evidence, if any was needed, that it's long past time to modernize our voting infrastructure," Norden said. "Voters have a right to be frustrated by long lines. And they have a right to expect voting machines that work and have a paper backup."

Elsewhere, polling place confusion caused problems for voters and poll workers.

In Phoenix, a polling site was foreclosed on overnight. The owners of the property locked the doors, taking election officials by surprise. Voters had been sent to another precinct nearby, but Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes tweeted that the location in Chandler was up and running shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday.

For about an hour after polls opened Tuesday morning, a Sarasota County, Florida, precinct had to tell voters to come back later because their ballots were not available.

In one Indiana county, voting was snarled for hours because of what election officials say were computer problems checking in voters while in another part of the state a judge ordered 12 polling places in a northwestern Indiana county to stay open late after voting didn't start as scheduled.

In Texas, home of a hotly contested U.S. Senate race, delays were reported in Houston after apparent issues with registration check-in machines at some polling places.

And in El Paso, the U.S. Border Patrol canceled a "crowd control exercise" that was scheduled for Tuesday, following criticism from civil liberties groups that it could dissuade people from voting.

Border Patrol agent Fidel Baca confirmed Tuesday that the exercise in a Latino neighborhood of El Paso was canceled, but declined to say why. The Texas Civil Rights Project says the exercise, billed by the Border Patrol as a "mobile field force demonstration," was to be held within a half-mile of a polling site.

Tuesday's election marks the first nationwide voting since Russia targeted state election systems in the 2016 presidential race. Les autorités fédérales, nationales et locales s'emploient à renforcer la sécurité des myriades de systèmes électoraux du pays. They strengthened their cybersecurity protections and improved their communications and information sharing.

So far, there is no indication that Russia or another foreign player has attempted to launch cyberattacks against voting systems in any state, according to federal authorities. There was also no indication that any systems have been compromised that would prevent voting, change vote counts, or disrupt the ability to tally votes, U.S. officials said.

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Long and Balsamo reported from Washington.

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Associated Press writers Frank Bajak in Boston, Thomas Davies in Indianapolis, Verena Dobnik and Jennifer Peltz in New York, Jennifer Kay in Miami and Ryan Tarinelli in Dallas contributed to this story.

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Follow Christina Almeida Cbadidy at https://twitter.com/AP_Christina , Colleen Long at http://twitter.com/ctlong1 and Michael Balsamo at http://twitter.com/MikeBalsamo1 .

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