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ALL RIGHT, WE'LL KEEP TRACK
OF THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
JIM SHELLA, WE'LL SEE YOU LATER.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU VOTED
TODAY CHANCES ARE YOU HAD TO
WANE IN LINE, SOME LONGER THAN
OTHERS, AND THIS WAS THE SCENE,
LOOK AT THE LINE DOWN THERE AT
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN IN FISHERS
TODAY.
VOTERS WRAPPED AROUND THE
BUILDING WITH THEIR INTENTION TO
VOTE THIS MORNING.
DUSTIN GROVE IS LIVE IN HAMILTON
COUNTY WHERE SOME PEOPLE WAITED
THREE HOURS.
AMAZING, DUSTIN.
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, I'M
GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE WAY AND
SHOW YOU THE LINE HERE AT
FISHERS TOWN HALL.
I'M TOLD THIS IS BETWEEN 40
MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
IN HAMILTON COUNTY THERE WERE
SOME VOTING MACHINE PROBLEMS
WHEN THE POLLS OPENED THIS
MORNING.
THAT WAS FIXED PRETTY QUICKLY,
BUT THE LONG LINES, THEY
CONTINUED ALL DAY.
IN THIS ELECTION VOTERS KNEW THE
LINES MIGHT BE LONG BUT PEOPLE
LIKE UDA NELSON HAD NO IDEA
THEY'D WAIT THIS LONG.
I HAD TO WAIT THREE HOURS.
THEY NEEDED MORE MACHINES, THIS
AREA'S GROWN A LOT, THEY NEEDED
MORE MACHINES.
IT WAS LONGER THAN I THOUGHT.
I HAVE BAD ANKLES AND
FORTUNATELY THEY WERE NICE
ENOUGH TO LET ME HAVE A CHAIR
FOR A WHILE SO THAT WAS GOOD.
Reporter: IT STARTED WHEN
POLLS OPENED, MACHINES HAD TO BE
RA REPROGRAMMED.
THAT WAS FIXED IN A FEW MINUTES.
ELECTION OFFICIAL SAY THE REAL
PROBLEM...
IT'S THE VOLUME OF THE
PEOPLE, THE FISHERS AREA IS
EXTREMELY HIGH IN PRESENTATION
ELECTIONS, THEY VOTE EXTREMELY
LOW IN OTHER TYPES OF ELECTIONS
BUT FOR PRESIDENT THEY ALWAYS
COME OUT.
THE LONG LINES AREN'T JUST IN
HAMILTON COUNTY.
AT THIS PRECINCT IN MARION
COUNTY THE LINE THIS MORNING WAS
OUT THE DOOR.
AND A 1:45 WAIT IN SOME PLACES
IN BOONE COUNTY.
THIS POLL WORKER SAYS IT'S THIS
ELECTION.
I THINK YOU HAVE A CONTESTED
ELECTION IN MANY WAYS.
Reporter: FROM PRESIDENT TO
SENATE AND HEATED LOCAL ISSUES
ON THE BALLOT, TOO.
IN HAMILTON COUNTY THE ELECTION
CHIEF SAID THEY PREPARED, ADDING
VOTING MACHINES FOR THIS YEAR
AND STAFF, TOO.
AS FOR THE THREE-HOUR LINES,
THEY'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND
POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO THE
BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.
Reporter: I SPOKE WITH ONE
WOMAN THIS AFTERNOON AT HAMILTON
SOUTHEASTERN FRESHMAN CENTER WHO
SAID SHE WAITED THREE HOURS AND
COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER SO SHE
LEFT AFTER WAITING THREE HOURS.
ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THEY'LL
GO OVER ALL OF THIS, HOW MANY
MACHINES WERE AWARE AND ADJUST
ACCORDINGLY.
THE DILEMMA, WE'RE TOLD, IS THE
DEMAND ISN'T NEEDED ON THE OFF
ELECTION YEARS, IT'S JUST ONCE
EVERY FOUR YEARS BUT THEY'LL
TALK ABOUT IT AND WE'LL KEEP YOU
POSTED.
LIVE IN HAMILTON COUNTY, DUSTIN
GROVE, 24-HOUR NEWS~8.