Miscalculation led to ballot shortages

The state elections office also wasn't able to get reserve ballots to precincts that needed them

By Mary Vorsino

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 08, 2012

~~<p>The state Office of Elections will change how it calculates the number of ballots needed at individual polling places and consider keeping reserve ballots on hand at precincts after an Election Day failure that had 70 polling places on Oahu running short or running out of paper ballots and hundreds of frustrated voters waiting hours to vote.</p>
<p>Chief Election Officer Scott Nago appeared before reporters Wednesday, looking somewhat shaken, and apologized for the problem that caused long lines, hours-long waits and flaring tempers, as people queued up at the single electronic voting machine at each polling place.</p>
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The state Office of Elections will change how it calculates the number of ballots needed at individual polling places and consider keeping reserve ballots on hand at precincts after an Election Day failure that had 70 polling places on Oahu running short or running out of paper ballots and hundreds of frustrated voters waiting hours to vote.

Chief Election Officer Scott Nago appeared before reporters Wednesday, looking somewhat shaken, and apologized for the problem that caused long lines, hours-long waits and flaring tempers, as people queued up at the single electronic voting machine at each polling place. Login for more...