Although some voters Tuesday alleged problems when casting their ballots in Butler County, President Judge Thomas Doerr said there were “no widespread problems.”

There were two incidents Doerr deemed “glitches.” And in those cases, the voting machines were pulled.

According to officials in Clinton Township, at the municipal building polling site, some people who voted for a straight party saw their votes change to the opposing party.

Linda Grieninger, judge of elections in Clinton Township, said people who voted for a straight party, primarily Republican, would change to the other party.

Voters had a chance to change the vote before confirming it.

When this problem was noticed, Grieninger said it was quickly handled. Two machines were pulled. One machine was recalibrated, and put back in use later in the afternoon. The other is still unusable.

Shari Brewer, Bureau of Elections director, wasn’t available for comment. Office staff said she was out of the office, and didn’t know when she’d return.

However, Doerr said that number of issues on an Election Day is “ typical.”

“I have no doubt that everything was handled in a fair and appropriate way,” he said.

Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, said Tuesday he spoke with several people in Adams Township and Seven Fields who reported malfunctioning polling machines. He also received e-mails from people who expressed concerns.

In most cases the voters said that they notified the poll workers and they did not cast incorrect votes.

“It sounded like the folks there were doing everything they could, so that was good to hear,” Metcalfe said.

In Center Township, an incomplete voter registry delayed at least two voters from casting their ballots.

One of the affected voters, Murray Bickel, said it appeared there was at least one page missing from the voter registry at the Center Township 3rd precinct polling place, in the Unionville fire hall, 102 Mahood Road.

“So, I go to vote this morning ... walk up to the election official and give her my name. She looks in the book, turns to the official next to her and says, ‘He must be on the missing pages,’” Bickel posted on his Facebook page. “WAIT ... WHAT? Turns out that the A-L (last name) book was missing pages!!” Bickel said he was allowed to glance at the registry and noticed his wife Marge Bickel’s signature on page 18. Marge Bickel had voted about a half-hour earlier, he said. But it appeared that page 19/20, where his name should have been found, was not in the book. The page numbers appeared to go from 18 to 21, he said.

Bickel said he and another voter were asked to wait while precinct officials were advised what to do.

“After about 30 minutes, I was asked to fill out an official affirmation form that I am a registered voter,” he said. “I expected they would give me a paper ballot — a provisional ballot, right?

“But they let me vote on the machine, so I assume my vote was just as official as everybody else’s.”