South Florida voters tipped of Electionland to a lack of Spanish speakers working at the polls in neighborhoods that needed them the most. Our Miami partner, WLRN, followed up.
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What We Know So Far About Voting Problems
We’re updating this post throughout the evening.
The Electionland staff has been monitoring reports from polling places across America, checking to see how Election Day 2016 is playing out in real time.
In Pennsylvania Voting, Words Matter. Fashion Doesn’t.
What did you wear to the polling place today?
Among the potential problems with voting, fashion would seem to rank fairly low on the scale. Yet many state laws specifically prohibit voters from wearing shirts or hats bearing the names or slogans of political candidates in polling places.
Texas via Reporting Texas
Austin Poll Worker Confusion Leads to Extra Delays for Some Voters
Electionland partner Reporting Texas says voters at a polling station were improperly delayed from voting and asked to cast a provisional ballot.
Oath Keepers Prepare for Election-Related Unrest
Reveal tells of a militia-style group holding a webinar on responding to potential election-related violence and going undercover.
Electionland: Tracking Ballot Access Issues in Illinois
Illinois Electionland partner The Red Line Project is keeping a running list of issues Chicago voters are facing.
Ohio via Cleveland.com
Cleveland Voter Threatens to Bring Gun to Polling Location, Official Says
A Cleveland voter threatened to return to a polling location with a gun after he was told that he showed up at the wrong polling place, according to Electionland partner Cleveland.com.
Minnesota Voters Report Minor Glitches and Some Politicking
Glitches at Minnesota polls. Electionland partner mpr reporting on long lines, other problems in vote.
What You Can and Can’t Do at the Polls
Philly.com is giving its readers a play-by-play of what behavior is and is not allowed at the polls. It's debunking a myth that Pennsylvania voters can vote online and that it is legal to take a selfie in PA voting booths.
Ohio via Cleveland.com
Lake County Voters Complain About Truck Blaring Excerpts of Donald Trump Speeches
Electionland partner Cleveland.com reports that a person is playing Donald Trump speeches over a loudspeaker next a polling location.
Yep, If You’re in Line, You Get to Vote
The proper and fair administration of elections has been a molten-hot issue in 2016, but there is one thing that Trump-ites, Clinton-ites and experts of every stripe agree on.
It's this: If you're on line at a polling place at the time it's supposed to close on Election Day, you get to vote. Doesn't matter how long it takes. Doesn't matter how long the line is. You. Get. To. Vote.
Voters in Key States Face Long Lines, Equipment Failures
Electionland partner USA Today reports on long lines, broken voting machines and other trouble casting ballots across the United States. They have also rounded up some of Electionland's discoveries from the last few days.
Iowa via Univision News
In Iowa, Latino College Students Shaken Up by Racist Incident
Electionland partner Univision reports that a Latino college student in Iowa returned to her dorm room to find her door covered in racist and xenophobic pro-Trump messages. "Make a wall," said one. Women are unfit to be president," said one. Unvision was tipped off to this incident with Electionland's Whatsapp hotline.
It’s Not Easy, But Even Hospital Patients Can Vote Today
90.5 WESA, NPR's Pittsburgh affiliate and Electionland partner, reports that quick-turnaround absentee ballots are letting hospital patients exercise their right to vote.
Google’s Heat Map of Voting Problems
As Election Day 2016 unfolds, the contours of the nation’s voting concerns are emerging via internet searches, with long lines most on the minds of Georgia voters and intimidation most preoccupying those in Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., Google Trend data shows.
North Carolina Weighs Whether to Keep Durham County Polls Open Later
Computer problems are wreaking havoc in North Carolina, a critical swing state, triggering long lines and snarls in several parts of the state. Delays in checking in voters and shortages of paper ballots in pivotal Durham County have prompted election officials to consider whether to keep polls open an extra hour and a half.
Judge Denies Trump Campaign Nevada Early Voting Request
The Trump campaign Tuesday afternoon lost the first legal skirmish in an effort to throw out early voting ballots cast in a key Nevada county late Friday evening.
A Nevada judge rejected a request from the Trump campaign that he order the Clark County Registrar of Voters to preserve records from four early voting sites -- including the identities of poll workers. The judge said this was unnecessary since state law already required the registrar to preserve most of the records the campaign was seeking.
Houston Voters Hit Early Roadblocks
Electionland partner The Houston Chronicle reports on a variety of Election Day problems in the Houston area Tuesday morning, including broken voting machines and confusion over Texas' voter ID law.
LA Voters ‘Flooding Social Media’ With Reports of Problems
Our partners at The Los Angeles Times report that Los Angeles voters are "flooding social media" with reports of problems: "Broken machines. Missing voter rolls. Long lines."
Unsurprisingly, Texas Voters Confused About Voter ID Law
There is widespread confusion in Texas about the state’s voter ID law – and experts say that’s no surprise. Texas revised its rules to settle a court challenge on the eve of the election, leaving both voters and poll workers in the dark about what, exactly, was allowed in the ballot process.
