Registrars ready for voter crush

The polling place in the sterling point section of portsmouth was busy I got there at 0600 waited in line was back out and in my car after voting and heading home at 0630. They were well organized and the line moved quickly. They also had paper ballots. I did not see any electronic machines.

Voted at the Bethel Precinct in Hampton today. Arrived at 8:55 AM and waited in a line of about 100 people. Then, as I got close to the door, an election official informed the line that they had run out of paper ballots and had sent someone to the Treasurer's office in Downtown Hampton to get more. How is it possible that a precinct could "run out" of ballots by 9:30 AM after being open for just 3 and a half hours, knowing that they had 9 and a half hours of voting left? Hopefully, this is not a sign of bad things to come when Hampton Roads has been pegged as the area that could swing Virginia this year.

I vote in the Bellamy section of VB. Arrived at 6:10 and did not vote until 8:55. The precinct staff were great; however, there should be more than 9 machines at this precinct, which is the same number that was there during the last presidential election. I don't see how this was planning for the crowds that were predicted.

Lindsey wrote:

Voted at the Bethel Precinct in Hampton today. Arrived at 8:55 AM and waited in a line of about 100 people. Then, as I got close to the door, an election official informed the line that they had run out of paper ballots and had sent someone to the Treasurer's office in Downtown Hampton to get more. How is it possible that a precinct could "run out" of ballots by 9:30 AM after being open for just 3 and a half hours, knowing that they had 9 and a half hours of voting left? Hopefully, this is not a sign of bad things to come when Hampton Roads has been pegged as the area that could swing Virginia this year.

Well, you have to load people up to vote there, then they move on to another precinct and vote again.