From TPM Reader EC at 9:25 AM ...

The new optical scanners in my voting precinct (in West Hartford, CT) were not working this morning either. We were instructed to leave our ballots and told that they would be scanned later. I miss the old lever machines! The turnout looked substantial, however, at 7:20 a.m.

GE checks in from Manhattan ...

Josh, you can tell EC that lever machines aren't any great prize either... one of the 2 machines for my election district in Hell's Kitchen went down while I was in line. Things were still moving pretty fast, but the line was up to about 25-30 when I left, which is highly unusual for our precinct. Lots of energy out there this morning.