Alderpeople criticized the Chicago Board of Elections Monday over ballot shortages, long lines and other issues during last week’s election.

Chicagoans who voted on Election Day may have grown impatient in long lines, but only part of that can be attributed to a technical issue reported at some polling locations, the Chicago Board of Elections said. A coding error the Chicago Board of Elections says is responsible for some polling places receiving a low…

Election officials blamed a coding error for causing ballot shortages at several Chicago precincts on Tuesday, forcing people to wait in long lines for touchscreen voting machines. The Chicago Sun-Times and other outlets reported the issue affected precincts across the city, including at polls at Holstein Park, the…

Some voters waited for hours when their polling places ran out of paper ballots Tuesday, according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

Election Day in Chicago did not go completely smooth for some voters at multiple polling sites on Tuesday. One of the two precincts at Holstein Park reportedly had been without paper ballots for hours Tuesday evening and had only one voting machine, creating a long line, a Chicago Sun-Times reporter observed. The…