OurVoteLive.org makes information about every reported call to the Election Protection Coalition's 866-OUR-VOTE hotline available in close to real time. Here, sort and view call reports by factors such as state, county, or problem type.
Note that while Election Protection investigates many of the problems reported to the hotline, calls documented on this site have not been verified prior to posting.
| Key | Name |
|---|---|
| PP | Polling place problem |
| RP | Registration problem |
| AP | Absentee voting problem |
| QP | Voting equipment problem |
| IP | Voter intimidation problem |
| LP | Language problem |
| DP | Accessibility problem |
| SP | Student voting problem |
| ID | ID problem |
| WP | Poll worker problem |
| EP | Electioneering Problem |
| OP | Other Problem |
| PI | Polling place inquiry |
| RI | Registration inquiry |
| AI | Absentee voting inquiry |
| CI | Criminal status related inquiry |
| OI | Other Inquiry |
| PB | Provisional ballot concern |
| ID | Time (ET) | City | County | State | Description | Types | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96021 | Jun 22, 4:21pm | QP | View | ||||
| 96017 | Jun 22, 4:02pm | Inspector concerned about running out of tape - reported problem but no one brought more. On our second visit to this p... | QP | View | |||
| 96013 | Jun 18, 5:24pm | BOF called | QP | View | |||
| 96005 | Jun 18, 3:32pm | Voter had problems with machine. Poll worker called and was talked through repairs and voter was able to use machine to... | QP | View | |||
| 95993 | Jun 9, 4:33pm | Machine very sensitive about accepting ballots | QP | View | |||
| 95990 | Jun 9, 4:23pm | Told by poll worker that polling place place did not have a "shut down box" | QP | View | |||
| 95986 | Jun 9, 3:20pm | Accu vote jamming for about the first half hour according to accu vote poll worker jim Gay. a lot of people backed up. ... | QP | View | |||
| 95936 | Dec 12, 2:25pm | Hammond | Tangipahoa | LA | when voter pressed button "for or against" amend. 2, selection would not move off of "for" on the machine closest to bac... | QP | View |
| 95930 | Dec 12, 11:45am | LA | polling booth was broken | QP | View | ||
| 95896 | Dec 4, 4:16pm | Langston | Logan | OK | Reported that voting machines at Langston Unversity were not functioning, and that paper ballots were being collected an... | QP | View |
| 95894 | Dec 4, 4:02pm | Katy | Harris | TX | Caller LM to report that voting machines at Bentwood Elementary in Katy TX were not working properly, and people were wa... | QP | View |
| 95892 | Dec 4, 3:55pm | Waylan | WV | Voter called to anonymously report that he attempted to vote for Obama on a touch screen machine, but machine selected M... | QP | View | |
| 95886 | Dec 4, 3:31pm | TN | Caller left voicemail explaining that she scrolled to the end of her ballot and by doing so was not allowed to go back t... | QP | View | ||
| 95883 | Dec 4, 3:22pm | Voter reported that poll workers were having people improperly fill out their information and that voting machines were ... | QP, WP | View | |||
| 95849 | Dec 4, 11:39am | South Kansas City | MO | Caller LM to report that there were 5 electronic voting machines at South Kansas City polling place for early voting, bu... | QP | View | |
| 95848 | Dec 4, 11:33am | Tutwiler | Coahoma | MS | Voter called to report that electronic voting machines in Tutwiler, MS were not functioning at 7:15 AM on election day. | QP | View |
| 95837 | Dec 3, 10:58am | Bartlett | TN | Caller stated in her voicemail that no republican candidate for the district Senate seat was listed in her voting machin... | QP | View | |
| 95834 | Dec 3, 10:39am | Indianola | Warren | IA | Caller reports that the machine at her polling place was broken, and poll workers were putting the paper ballots into a ... | QP | View |
| 95832 | Dec 3, 10:29am | Freeport | Nassau | NY | Caller calling on behalf of sister who lives in NY--she said that in Nassau County where her sister went to vote, there ... | QP | View |
| 95815 | Dec 2, 6:12pm | Central Valley | Orange | NY | Caller reported that the voting machines failed at 7 am and she was advised by a EP volunteer to vote a provisional ball... | QP | View |
| 95813 | Dec 2, 6:08pm | IA | Caller reported that one of the optical scanners failed at 7:25 and poll workers took paper ballots and put them in manu... | QP | View | ||
| 95810 | Dec 2, 5:53pm | Flushing Queens | NY | Caller was a mobile legal volunteer who called to report that 1 of the 2 voting boxes was not operating properly. | QP | View | |
| 95807 | Dec 2, 5:46pm | Memphis | Shelby | TN | The caller reported machine problems that prevented people from voting at the precinct. There were no boxes for the pro... | QP | View |
| 95806 | Dec 2, 5:41pm | Germantown | Shelby | TN | Caller said that the wrong ballot was loaded onto the system so that the voters at the precinct could not vote for their... | PP, QP | View |
| 95768 | Nov 26, 5:12pm | Providence | Providence | RI | The machines were having difficulty reading the ballots and the poll workers put each ballot through the machine multipl... | QP | View |
| 95757 | Nov 26, 1:00pm | Florissant | St. Louis | MO | Caller was concerned that there possibly were not enough voting machines at the location, he reported ten on site and ve... | QP | View |
| 95756 | Nov 26, 10:43am | Nottoway | KY | When the voter went to the polling place at 6:30pm, the machines were not working. The poll worker said that there was a... | QP | View | |
| 95739 | Nov 24, 5:46pm | Lambertville | Monroe | MI | Poll workers required voters to fill out a flashcard with Name, address, and signature before getting a ballot. However... | PP, QP, WP | View |
| 95715 | Nov 21, 4:34pm | Lauderdale | Lauderdale | MS | Voter says that the ballots were not properly labeled, Democratic candidates not properly identified. She believes many ... | QP, IP | View |
| 95711 | Nov 21, 4:08pm | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | PA | Two of the machines were not registering any votes. caller works with Acorn. | QP | View |
| 95709 | Nov 21, 4:04pm | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | PA | Caller reported that machine would not let her split ticket and that pressing one party would choose other party | QP | View |
| 95673 | Nov 20, 11:02am | Machines were out at (1) Vineyard - Precinct 17-E and (2) 420 Holt St. - Precinct 5-A. There was a 1.5 hour wait. | QP | View | |||
| 95649 | Nov 19, 1:57pm | La Place | St. John The Baptist | LA | voter arrived to Acquri Center at 530 am and reported machines went down @ 610a. told the polling commissioner. | PP, QP | View |
| 95648 | Nov 19, 1:29pm | LA | voter reported machine would not allow her to select Democratic presidential candidate | QP | View | ||
| 95634 | Nov 19, 11:15am | LA | machines broken, had to vote provisional ballot for Senator. | PP, QP | View | ||
| 95612 | Nov 18, 4:41pm | Mandeville | St. Tammany | LA | when pressed D-Obama, vote did not appear to register, every other vote went in but jumped off Obama and would not go in | QP | View |
| 95581 | Nov 17, 7:40pm | Granada Hills | Los Angeles | CA | PP, QP | View | |
| 95564 | Nov 17, 2:58pm | Versailles Boro | PA | Judge of Elections of the district made an error while setting up the electronic voting machines. She correctly gathered... | PP, QP, WP, OP, PI, OI | View | |
| 95551 | Nov 14, 11:24am | Lafayette | Lafayette | LA | middle machine at polling place, x's kept disappearing, voter does not know if vote was registered. when pushed button, ... | QP | View |
| 95526 | Nov 13, 12:30pm | Shreveport | Caddo | LA | after ballot cast, machine doesn't seem to register the vote | PP, QP | View |
| 95504 | Nov 12, 5:05pm | CO | Voter said their vote was canceled by the machine. | QP | View | ||
| 95503 | Nov 12, 5:00pm | CO | QP | View | |||
| 95490 | Nov 12, 2:15pm | Keithville | Caddo | LA | voting machine: 4 machine in 2nd one close to end near door... when pushed presidential choice, x disappears, had not sh... | QP | View |
| 95480 | Nov 12, 12:01pm | Toledo | Lucas | OH | No vote cast on 4-5 issues. Screen kept moving, so she did not have an opportunity to vote. Told female poll worker, w... | QP | View |
| 95476 | Nov 12, 11:39am | Terrytown | LA | Booths are automatically being set to Republican, even for registered Democrats. | QP | View | |
| 95474 | Nov 12, 11:27am | Baton Rouge | East Baton Rouge | LA | Early voting machine didn't work properly in baton Rouge, Vote didn't go through. | QP | View |
| 95462 | Nov 12, 9:59am | Cleveland | Cuyahoga | OH | Machine Malfunction | QP | View |
| 95458 | Nov 12, 9:41am | Cleveland | Cuyahoga | OH | Poll worker was feeding ballots into optical scan machine, she was in contact with BOE to inform them that machine was n... | QP | View |
| 95426 | Nov 10, 5:33pm | CO | Had to wait for other voters while machine was reset. | QP | View | ||
| 95392 | Nov 7, 3:58pm | Thornton | CO | Screen froze on voting machine. | QP | View |