But Showalter said some students at VCU who attempted to vote at the new precinct established in the University Student Commons after the 2016 election were frustrated to discover that they must vote where they are registered, which in some cases has turned out to be their home cities and counties.

Students who lived in that area formerly voted at Dominion Place on West Grace Street, which was “overwhelmed” last year, Showalter said, prompting the city’s electoral board to establish a new precinct on campus. Students who didn’t show up as registered were allowed to cast a provisional ballot, she said.

In Chesterfield, new General Registrar Constance Tyler, speaking shortly after polls closed, guessed that turnout there would approach 50 percent. Chesterfield experienced a glitch at precinct when an election worker accidentally shut down an electronic poll book early.

“That close-out process locks the ability to add more voters, because at the end of the night you don’t want to let anybody else change that file,” Cortes said. “Somebody triggered that early.”

The remaining voters, about 100 people, were able to cast provisional ballots that will be counted during the canvas tomorrow, Tyler said.