Fairfax looks to resolve problems that plagued last year's elections

Fairfax County should replace some of its voting machines and hire more poll workers if it’s going to avoid a repeat of the long waiting lines and other problems that plagued last November’s election, a special commission recommended Tuesday.

The 26-member Bipartisan Election Process Improvement Commission, set up to specifically to study last year’s election problems, made 50 recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on how to ensure that voters face fewer hassles when they show up at the polls.