Harv Scates, 65, was the first in line on Election Day to vote at Church of Christ in Hyde Park, arriving in the morning fog before the sun came up.

His punctuality was driven in part by the huge lines he encountered during the early voting period. Scates said he tried four times to vote early at the Randalls grocery store off U.S. 183, but was met with a line of at least 100 people each time.

“I got my vote in,” he said Tuesday. “It is much nicer to be the first in line. I’ve never, ever been first.”

Some Travis County residents reported waiting for hours to vote on Election Day — particularly if they had to stand in line to change their addresses first before standing in another line to vote. The wait times reflected the record-breaking turnout for midterm elections in Travis County, which early voting results alone shattered.

In total, 61 percent of registered Travis County voters cast a ballot this election cycle. While that wasn't as high as the 2016 presidential election turnout of 65 percent, it vastly outstripped Travis County's highest midterm election turnout in recent years — 41 percent in November 2014.

Williamson County also had an unusually high turnout compared to previous midterm elections. Over 61 percent of the county's registered voters showed up to the polls this election cycle, compared to 42 percent in November 2010 and 38 percent in November 2014. Williamson County also did not reach the turnout during the presidential election of November 2016, in which 67 percent of voters cast a ballot.

Ashley Distefano, who waited in line for about an hour and 15 minutes at Austin City Hall to vote Tuesday afternoon, said the wait times were so long that she saw about a dozen people give up on their plans to cast a ballot and go back to work. Distefano said she let a man cut in front of her because he stood in line to vote before being told that he had to stand in line again to change his address.

“This is not OK,” Distefano said. “This is why people don’t come out to vote.”

Some voters who checked the Travis County clerk’s website Tuesday morning may have encountered an error screen, because the site crashed for a couple of hours before it was restored.

Tyler Davey, 39, came by Austin City Hall around 4 p.m. Tuesday. When he saw a massive line, he decided to go back to work. When he returned at 6:15 p.m. he stood in line until the polls closed. Anyone still in line when the polls closed were still allowed to vote.

Davey was able to cast his ballot around 7:20 p.m.

“I get that this is the process, but it would be nice if online voting existed,” Davey said.