Voting on US election day ‘by and large normal’ despite some glitches, experts say

Some Republicans in recent years have sought to weaponize routine errors in election administration to undermine trust in US elections. Composite: Guardian Design; Source images by C.J. Burton via Getty Images

Voting on election day this year largely went smoothly, despite a few glitches, typical of any election, that some Republicans used to sow distrust in the voting process.

As in every election, there were a handful of administrative and technological errors that caused delay for a small numbers of voters. Elections in the United States are administered at the local level, which means that county election offices, often operating on shoestring budgets, are in charge of overseeing the vote. It is not uncommon for something to temporarily go awry causing delays.