United States election 2016: North Carolina voting hours extended after software glitch

It’s probably a little late in the game to educate yourself about all of these issues, but if you don’t trust our write ups, text on the ballot will explain the gist of each state question. Both the Durham County Board of Elections and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice asked for extended hours.

More than a third of American voters may have cast their ballots before Election Day under early-voting procedures, a heartening development in the face of aggressive Republican vote-suppression efforts in a number of states with GOP-controlled legislatures.

The problems had apparently been corrected by 8 a.m. ET, according to reports in local media. The State Board of Elections later agreed to extend voting hours at eight precincts for up to an hour to make up for the disruptions.

As of 11 a.m. ET, Election Protection, a national voter helpline, received 5,500 calls from voters who witnessed problems casting their votes.

The computer problem resulted in at least one precinct running out of authorization-to-vote forms for about 90 minutes.

The issue arose with the electronic poll books used to check in voters when they present to vote. Poll watchers are usually required to be registered voters.

All three first-time voters said that the process was easy and approachable.

Gov. Pat McCrory, who is running for re-election Tuesday, told CNN that he had spoken to election officials and that they had it under control.

“I am not going to expose people doing their civic duty to help people vote … to public attention, ridicule and harassment”, Judge Gloria J. Sturman said yesterday during a hearing.

If I were to cast a vote and that person became President, then they made a decision that I found horrendous and it was something that a little research could have revealed about what they stood for, I would feel bad after the fact.

Forty-eight states accepted “cyber hygiene” help from the Homeland Security Department to patch their networks and root out problems that could allow hackers in, and the remaining two states hired contractors to do the same, officials said. The board says six more precincts can stay open a shorter amount of time. Election Protection said “we had reports of poll workers turning voters away but that has now been resolved”. Workers switched to using printed voter lists.

The issue began around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday and all locations had a paper backup, Khan said.

Lawson said those in line when the polls close will still be allowed to vote. Later in the interview, he said, “It’s largely a rigged system”.

Earlier today, the Durham County elections board voted for a ninety-minute extension county-wide.

“I hope they get practice, I hope they get excited about it, I hope that when they are old enough that they register and vote, and I hope they learn a little something about not just watching commercials on TV, and that there is a whole lot more information out there”, she said.