MCALLEN -- While some people were at the polls bright and early Tuesday morning, others waited until later in the day to go and vote.
McAllen Mayor Richard Cortez said he was disappointed with the voter turnout and expected more voters.
Regardless of the low numbers, Cortez confirmed that there were still problems at the polls.
The polling precincts were supposed to close at 7:00 p.m. but some people did not step into the polls until after 9:00 p.m.
Officials say that's because of a higher number of late voters and a low number of voting machines.
Cortez said the city felt it would be more cost effective to partner with the county instead of having their own polling places.
He said the problem arose when more people went to certain precincts than others.
"I think the City of McAllen needs to take a more proactive approach in making sure before the election is held we go out and make sure how many voting machines there are and how many people are going to assigned to those," said Cortez, "There were actually people that left. Who knows what those people would've voted for."
Cortez said while this election year might have been frustrating to voters, next time around, the city will be more prepared to handle any voting situation.
Final ballot boxes were not even returned to the county elections office until about 10:45 p.m.
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