SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- As they headed to the polls to cast their vote on Election Day, some voters had to wait a little longer than others as technology reared its ugly head with some machines malfunctioning once the polls opened.

At one library, one voting machine jammed, forcing election officials to hand out paper ballots while it was being fixed.

"We had about 50 people vote by emergency paper ballot and about 10 that decided to wait until we had a spare machine to put in place. All together it took about an hour," said election inspector Tom Burgess.

And that library wasn't the only one. At Ed Smith Elementary School, problems with a voting machine caused a voting delay while it was repaired.

"The lever machines are old. We have some that were working perfectly and then stopped. We had some that worked and then we moved them and then they didn't work," said Ed Ryan, democratic commissioner of the Board of Elections.

This year's election also saw the debut of the optical scanner voting machines. The equipment is set up to help the disabled cast their vote. However, they were sparingly used and might not be back next year because certification was revoked from the company that produces them.

"With a presidential election going on, this came out of left field and we're all surprised. But we'll work through it and see what happens. We may be using the lever machines next year again," said Ryan.

Voting irregularities seems to be a staple with every election. In addition to machines not working properly, the board of elections spent all day dealing with people who aren't sure which district they're suppose to vote in or if they're even registered.

"The walk ins are primarily people that did not get registered in time for whatever reason. Either they send it in and the post office didn't deliver it or they went to an agency and it didn't make it down here or they filled out forms in a registration drive," said Helen Kiggins, republican commissioner of the Board of Elections.

Throughout the day, most of the problems did not amount to anything major and election officials say whether people were voting by absentee or in person, they had resources ready when the situation called for it. Just one of the precautions needed to make sure every vote counts on Election Day.