Polls remain open in Alameda County (Calif.) until 10 p.m. (PST)

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

After precincts in Alameda County ran out of ballots today, a judge ordered polling places with waiting voters to stay open until 10 p.m., the Alameda County Registrar of Voters said.

An Alameda County Superior Court judge made the decision after several cities in the county - including Berkeley - had no real ballots for voters to use. Some voters used ballots that were paper copies of real ballots.

"We've ordered all 810 polling places in Alameda County to stay open if anybody is waiting to vote - to stay open as late as 10 p.m. due to the ballot shortages that plagued some of our polling places," said Guy Ashley, spokesman for the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.

The judge consulted with a state administrative office, which oversees the court, and "advised us that that was the best course of action," Ashley said.

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