Some early voting problems in D.C. special election

One of the District’s busiest polling stations opening late was among the problems that marked the city’s special election voting on Tuesday.

The precinct captain at Shepherd Park Elementary School in Ward 4 misplaced her checklist for opening the busy precinct’s voting machines and kept the doors closed until 7:15 a.m., D.C. board of elections spokeswoman Alysoun McLaughlin said. Polls were supposed to open at 7 a.m. McLaughlin said the captain should have opened the doors and allowed voters to cast paper ballots rather than keeping the doors closed.