Updated 1:11 p.m.
Many voters spent the better part of their morning in long lines at polling places across the state. More than three million Massachusetts voters are expected to cast ballots.
Voting is back to normal in Cambridge after some people discovered their names missing from lists of eligible voters.
Brian McNiff of the secretary of state’s office says the city failed to send to the printers all of their discs with pertinent voter information.
“If the problem had been at the state level, we would have been able to correct it,” McNiff says. “Cambridge had to correct it at their end which they have done. The new lists are printed and they have been distributed.”
Affected voters who did not cast provisional ballots are encouraged to return to the polls before they close at 8 p.m.
Problems voting? Long lines? Share your experience today.
November 4th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I am a resident of Somerville. I voted at the Cummins School on Prescott St around noon. Everything went smoothly. I wish the same for everyone else.
November 4th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I voted at the Adams Street Branch public library. There were almost no people there. My concern is that this particular polling station is VERY poorly served by public transportation. The poor and elderly may not vote in fair proportions. Are there studies done on these matters?
November 5th, 2008 at 12:53 am
[...] Earlier, we noted that some voters arrived to vote in Cambridge, Massachusetts to find that their names were missing from the rolls. Officials in Cambridge, Massachusetts have reportedly fixed the problem, according to WBUR. [...]