In Orange County, CA problems arose resulting in some interesting attempts in problem-solving.

Long waits, broken machines at some O.C. polling places: Some voters in Irvine and Garden Grove say they left without casting their ballots.

Official results may not be available in Franklin County, OH until Nov 18, due to a record number of provisional ballots and unexpected slowdowns with counting machines. Read more…

Here are some news stories documenting voter turnout across the country

Lake County, IN: ‘Hotly contested races fueling voter turnout’
Seattle, WA: ‘Area poll workers report good turnout’
Salinas, CA: ‘Voter Turnout Low in Monterey County’
Santa Ana, CA:’ Voter turnout at 20%’
Lansing, MI: ‘Voter Turnout Higher Than Expected’
Topeka, KS: ‘Mid-afternoon voter turnout at 34%’
Richmond, VA: ‘Voter turnout extremely high’
Asheville, NC: ‘Rain, few high-profile races lead to low turnout Tuesday morning’
St. Paul, MN: ‘Governor’s race, marriage issue could boost Wis. voter turnout’
Columbia, SC.: ‘Heavier SC voter turnout surprises poll workers’
Nashville, TN: ‘Tight Senate Race Produces High Voter Turnout’
Philadelphia, PA: ‘Voters come out in droves, fueled by Iraq’
Sarasota, FL: ‘Rain dampers voter turnout, Scientists say’
Boston, MA: ‘Voter turnout’ (“We’re making history”)
Albany, NY: ‘Voter turnout in New York is moderate’
Washington DC: ‘Voter turnout strong in US vote: Absentee voting at record level’

NPR gives an overview of the numerous precincts affected by electronic voting issues in the state of Indiana. This resulted in an extension of voting hours (1 hr 45 mins) Read or listen.

Forbes.com posted a brief synopsis of some of the potentially problematic polling locations (regarding voting equipment and post-election procedures), focusing on Maryland, Missouri and Ohio. Tova Wang is also quoted in the article. Read more

It’s all the rage–several news outlets and websites are providing a service to voters on their websites to share their Election Day experiences. Here are some that I’ve come across:

• CNN
• Columbus, OH NBC news affiliate (I blogged this earlier today)
• VoterStory.org (Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation)
• RockyMountainNews.com (Colorado)

In South Carolina, Governor Mark Sanford was turned away from the polls because he forgot his voter identification card! The poll manager stuck to his guns and required that the governor return with his state-issued voter ID card if he wished to vote. Read more

ABC channel 7 reports on electronic voting in San Mateo and Alameda counties. A precinct in Redwood City reports that voters are liking their experience with the E-Slate machine. There are a total of 472 of the machines being used in the county, but only using one machine per precinct and paper scanning ballots for the rest. Read more

Voters experiencing long lines and problems with electronic voting machines. Some voters were unable to cast a vote in Fort Bend County because the polling location had the wrong machines. And if the results are within the number of votes unable to be cast there may be a problem because there is no provision to provide an alternative ballot style. Read more

The Chicago Sun Times reported this afternoon that the biggest complaint in suburban Cook County was a lack of pens needed to fill in paper ballots. Lack of pens!