The Lester Higgins Workshop polling center wasn't open at 6:45 a.m. when John Ring of Canton Township went to vote.

"There was a long line and there were some people that were mighty frustrated," he said. "It's the most exciting election that we've had in my lifetime. It's going to be the highest turnout that maybe the country's experienced in probably 50 years."

Lisa Shafer of Nimishillen Township is concerned her vote wasn't recorded after the machine inside the Fairhope United Methodist Church failed to print out a paper ballot.

Denise Welch of Perry Township said poll workers had to distribute paper ballots, but didn't hand voters both pages.

Bonnie and Charles Buchanan of Tuscarawas Township Precinct 6 only got to vote on the candidates and the first five state issues because they were only given a the first page of the two-page paper ballot at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

"We've sent the election technicians out to reinforce with the poll workers that the optical scan ballots have two pages and to make sure that the voters receive both pages. The voters needs to ask for those issues if a poll worker incorrectly issues a ballot," said Jeanette Mullane, Stark County Board of Elections director.

Voters who didn't receive the issues portion of the ballot and did not ask specifically for them do not get another chance to vote on them.

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