"Some of that is due to problems within the machines themselves, and some is due to issues involving humans," he said. "This is an area that really calls out for some investment in terms of technology; greater uniformity would also help. If we had greater uniformity for the type of technology that is being used, it would be easier to fix problems. Take Virginia -- you have eight or nine different types of equipment being used. You can't take voting machines from one jurisdiction and have another jurisdiction that needs them use them. You can't have the state stock up, because there are too many different types of machines used."

In Ohio, Jeff Ortega, a spokesman for , said that with an expected voter turnout of 80%, there were some delays of up to an hour at some polling places. But most lines moved much faster than that across the state.

"The line issue has been a concern for Secretary Brunner for some time," he said.

In Ohio, there were "no major problems to speak of in terms of activities at the polls" across the state, he said. The problems that occurred included "some minor hiccups in various places around the state" related to the voter-verifiable paper trail print-outs that are attached to touch-screen machines. In some cases, it took several tries to get the paper rolling as it's designed to, he said.

Leslie Amoros, press secretary for Pennsylvania Secretary of State Pedro A. Cortes, said that the elections went "really well." She acknowledged media reports of long lines and sporadic e-voting equipment problems in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other parts of the commonwealth, but said such problems were resolved.