Voters in seven precincts in Pickens County had to use paper ballots this morning because of “human error” in programming the electronic ballots, according to the county’s director of elections.

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By mid-morning, all the errant electronic ballots had been reprogrammed and were being taken back to the precincts, Rodney Allen said.

“We’ve got everything now under control,” he said.

Earlier, he had said as many as 15 precincts may have been affected.

The precincts affected were Crossroads, Dacusville, Nine Forks, South Central, Pope Field, Sheffield and Lenhardt.

Allen didn't know how many paper ballots were cast, but poll workers at Pope Field said about 40 were cast there.

Allen said his staff would have to wait until after polls close at 7 p.m. to count the paper ballots, which he said would slow the tabulation process.

The error occurred in the Pickens elections office, Allen said. It's housed in the county administration building but is overseen by the state Election Commission.

The error occurred because the numbering system used in the database doesn't match the precinct numbers the county uses, Allen said.