May 3 primary: Polls are closed, check back here for the latest election results

Thirteen hours after the polls opened, they closed at 7:30 p.m.

Now, poll workers must tally a full day of ballot casting to decide the fate of the first of two primary elections this year.

Check back here throughout the evening for the latest election results.

Few voting issues in Wayne, Holmes and Ashland counties

There were few to no voting machine problems reported during voting hours in Ashland, Wayne and Holmes counties as of Tuesday afternoon.

A power outage plagued a Holmes County polling location before dawn on Tuesday, causing Lisa Welch to scramble her team in search of a generator.

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"But of course, we didn't even need the generator by the time polls opened," said Welch, executive director of the Holmes County Board of Elections. "Everything was up and running by 6:30."

In Wayne County, a few minor mishaps occurred that happen every year, said Julie Stahl, executive director of the Wayne County Board of Elections.

Some ballots needed to be re-encoded, Stahl said, alongside other technical bugs.

While redistricting made for chaotic election day preparations, the day went smoothly, she said.

"We had three or four days to get ballots reproofed, to do logic testing on each machine," she said.

That's 230 different ballots for 67 precincts that needed to work on all the available voting machines at a location, Stahl said.

"We didn't have the space for logic testing when early voting started, so we did it in the garage in 30-degree weather," she said.

In Holmes County, Welch's team crammed six weeks of work into 10 days — something she never wants to repeat again.

Redistricting could also be to blame for confusion in Wayne County

Voter turnout was slow this year in Wayne County, where Stahl said more people than usual are asking if polls are open and where to vote.

"It could be because people were confused about the election this year with redistricting," she said.

Voting for change

Some registered Democrats and Republicans went to the polls because they wanted to see change either inside their political party or for the state as a whole.

This was especially true for Wooster resident Sherry Daugherty who voted for Joe Blystone for governor in the Republican primary.

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"He's one of us," Daugherty said after voting at Connection Church. "He's a farmer and wasn't in politics."

Lee and Judy Underberg left the voting booth shortly after Daugherty on Tuesday and hoped to get the "right conservative in office," they said.

"We were looking for someone who was tight on border control, wouldn't let woke-ism into our schools and would secure our elections with voter IDs," Judy Underberg said.

A confusing election cycle

On the other side of the political divide was Mareen Arnold, who was disappointed to see so few Democrats on the ballot.

In the 7th Congressional District, there were Democrats on the ballot, but only one was still running for office.

"My husband voted this morning and told me about that, so I knew to look out for that," Arnold said.

Between the two candidates that remained on the ballot and the redistricting debacle in Columbus, Arnold said, she was confused entering Election Day.

Like Arnold, Deb Jenkins is a registered Democrat who is disappointed in her party.

"There were not enough Dems running this election," Jenkins said.

She believes the best way to see a change in Ohio and in the Democratic Party is to get young people involved and vote in every local election.

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This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: The polls are closed, check back here for the latest election updates