Tuesday was primary day in Florida, and we tracked problems at polling locations throughout our area.
We updated voters, county by county.
7:50 p.m.
Voters in one precinct in Flagler were given the wrong ballots, resulting in about 30 people who voted for the commission race who shouldn't have, according to the Supervisor of Elections office.
Elections officials plan to go through every ballot one by one tonight, double-checking the ballots. They found out about the error when a voter called the office and said they shouldn't have been voting for a city race because they didn't live in Bunnell, the Supervisor of Elections said. They don't think it will impact the election, and it won't affect the presidential race, they said.
7:50 p.m.
Voting hours in Orange County won't be extended after ballot problems prompted elections officials to request an extension, the Supervisor of Elections office said. Elections officials say that it was a "mutual agreement with the Secretary of State after reviewing all steps taken."
Bill Cowles, Orange County's Supervisor of Elections, issued this satement:
“The Secretary and Supervisor have been in regular communication throughout the day. They have revisited the Supervisor’s request to extend hours and reviewed the corrective steps that have been taken, the timeframe in which the issues were resolved and the multiple options voters were given to cast their vote today. After thorough consideration, at this time we are in agreement that voters in the six municipal elections have been accommodated and will have sufficient time to get to the polls without having to extend the polling hours."
5:15 p.m.
Update from reporter Amanda McKenzie:
Orange County's Supervisor of Elections office will hand deliver absentee ballots to voters who tried to vote but their precinct ran out of ballots.
It's a problem that occurred at about a dozen of the 251 precincts in Orange County
As early as 9 a.m., the Pinecastle Masonic Lodge and several more ran out of both Democrat and Republican ballots. Voters told News 13 they were told to come back later, but worry that their vote won’t count in time.
“They just said come back later," James Cross said.
Cross planned to cast his vote before going to work in the morning. But less than two hours after his precinct in Belle Isle opened, he left without an “I voted” sticker.
“Immediately in front of me they ran out of Republican ballots and I was unable to vote," Cross said.
The other precincts are in Apopka, Maitland, Belle Isle, Ocoee, Windermere and Winter Park.
Bill Cowles, Orange County Supervisor of Elections, said there was a problem with the printing order Orange County made back in December.
“We got more city ballots than we did ballots with the federal presidential election on it," Cowles said.
Orange County found out about the problem early, and quickly began printing hundreds of ballots to deliver to the precincts that were short.
Time is running out as polls close at 7 p.m.
The Orange County Supervisor of Elections contacted the Governor’s office to request that voting be extended for those precincts by one hour, so that polls could close at the same time as the Panhandle.
We have not heard a decision at this time.
If you will not be able to return to your precinct to cast your vote, you are encouraged to call the Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office at 407-836-8683.
The office tells News 13 that they are hand-delivering absentee ballots to folks at home or at work to fill out in an effort to make sure every vote counts.
3:20 p.m.:
Update from reporter Amanda McKenzie:
The Orange County Supervisor of Elections contacted the Secretary of State at about 2 p.m. to request that voting be extended until 8 p.m. for the affected precincts. Those precincts are in Apopka, Maitland, Belle Isle, Ocoee, Windermere and Winter Park.
It affects both Republican ballots and Democratic ballots.
Polls close in the Florida Panhandle at 8 p.m. EST. We're now waiting for a decision from the Governor's Office.
Bill Cowles says this an Orange County issue, not statewide. An error in the printing order made in December is to blame.
The county mixed up the order numbers for ballots that included municipal elections. The county got more city ballots than presidential ballots.
Many precincts had to turn people away and tell them to come back later.
The Supervisor of Elections office on Kaley Avenue is now open for people to cast their votes in light of this. Hundreds of ballots are being printed there to be delivered to the precincts.
The express votes for people with disabilities are now open to all voters.
If you will not be able to return to your precinct to cast your vote, you are encouraged to call the Supervisor of Elections office, 407-836-8683 (VOTE) to get an absentee ballot.
3 p.m.
Orange County's elections supervisor is asking Gov. Rick Scott to allow the state to extend voting hours in Orange County until 8 p.m.
Earlier today, some precincts did not get the correct number of Republican ballots and ran out. Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles wants to give extra time so that everyone who didn't get to vote this morning can.
He needs Scott's approval.
While polls in most of Florida's counties close at 7 p.m., the western Panhandle counties are in the Central Time Zone and close at 8 p.m. EST.
10 a.m.
Cowles confirmed some precincts did not get the correct number of Republican ballots. Callers say polling locations in Apopka and Belle Isle ran out. However, the polling places can print ballots on the spot, and more ballots are being delivered.
8:25 a.m.
The Orange County Supervisor of Elections says they are experiencing technical issues at several polling places, but voters are able to cast votes.
Polls opened at 7 a.m., and several locations are having issues with verifying voter registration.
Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles says the tablets they use to swipe a voter's drivers license wasn't connecting to the Internet fast enough.
Elections officials say technicians have been deployed to handle the issues, and in the meantime, polling locations are using registration books like they have in the past for anyone who shows up to vote.
"Every polling place did have a paper printout of all the voters assigned to that precinct delivered to them this morning between 6 and 7," Cowles said. "So they had the paper list to use if the tablets were down and couldn’t check it in."
11:30 a.m.
A precinct in Winter Haven had a problem this morning when a poll worker couldn't find the Democratic primary ballots.
When the worker opened the polling place, she only handed out the Republican ballots and told Democrats they couldn't get a ballot.
Voters called the Supervisor of Elections office, which told the poll worker where to find the ballots.
Supervisor Lori Edwards says only three voters were affected and all three voted.
Edwards is expecting a voter turnout of 45 percent.
4:53 p.m.
Florida elections officials say Donald Trump has not been left off any presidential ballot.
Florida's Secretary of State Ken Detzner says he certified all of the candidates' names on the ballots.
Some are reporting on Twitter that Trump's name was not on the ballot in some areas of the state, including Jupiter in Palm Beach County.
The state suspects the people who did not see Trump on the ballot were not Republican voters.
Florida is a closed primary state, and only those registered with the Republican or Democratic parties can vote in those primaries.