Voters in North Carolina on November 8. (Getty)
North Carolina polls are supposed to close at 7:30 p.m. ET, but a bipartisan effort to keep the polls open late in Durham County because of a technical issue earlier in the day succeeded. There was also an attempt to keep polls open in Dover, New Hampshire.
Just after 6:00 p.m. ET, the Hillary Clinton campaign issued a statement in support of a bipartisan effort to keep the polls open in Durham County for at least another 90 minutes.
Durham County Board of Elections spokesperson Briana Khan told CNN that they received a bipartisan request to keep the polls open at 1:30 p.m. There was a glitch in the electronic voter check-in system and had to use paper roll books instead.
Inbox: Hillary for America Statement in Support of Bipartisan Efforts to Extend Voting Hours in Durham County
The error caused longer wait-times and lines than expected in the county. The issue was first reported at 6:45 a.m.
Jim Sciutto of CNN confirmed that eight Durham polling precincts will stay open for 20 to 60 minutes extra.
Breaking: #NorthCarolina elections board extends voting in 8 Durham precincts 20-60mins, Durham is Dem. stronghold w/large minority pop.
It has also been reported that lawyers for both the Republican and Democratic party to keep polls open in Dover, New Hampshire until 8 p.m. James Pindell of the Boston Globe reports that there was an email Dover officials sent out that accidentally said polls there would be open until 8 p.m. In reality, the polls were supposed to close at 7 p.m.
The polls in Dover will remain open until 8 p.m. ET.
For a complete list of poll closing times, click below.
