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Early issues at the polls in Laflin

As polls opened on Election Day, voters have already encountered issues casting their ballots in Luzerne County.

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — It was a frustrating morning for some voters in Laflin, which is outside of Wilkes-Barre.  

"What time did you get here this morning?  6:45 a.m.  So you waited what, two hours?  Yep," Josh Courter said.

"My father was the first, and I was the second.  And just now, I think it's 8:30 a.m., and we were just able to vote, so it's been about two hours," Roman Rubando said.

According to poll workers, the first ballot was cast at 8:30 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. There were multiple issues at this location. The judge of elections was not here to open the polls at 7 a.m. When things did open, we were told workers could not open the scanner needed to scan the ballots. The first few dozen people voted by paper ballot.

"I've been voting here since I was able to vote in 2012.  12 years later, I've never experienced this.  It's very frustrating," Roman Rubando said.

"But hey, it's done, and I feel good about it," Mark Rubando said.

Over in Dallas, things were running smoothly, but the line was long.  Voters did not seem to mind.

"This is an important election to see who is going to lead our country in the right way or the wrong way, whatever your opinion is," Ray Bartolai said.

"This is the only opportunity people have to say what they want and don't want," John Sutliff said.

Alda Sutliff moved here from Portugal when she was young and became a U.S. citizen as a teenager.

"I've been voting since I was 18 years old only for the presidents and some of the locals that I wanted to," Alda Sutliff said.

The polls close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. 

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