Problems plagued early voting. Both major political parties said that machine errors may have caused votes intended for one side to actually be cast for the other. In addition four machines had electrical problems and had to be taken out of service.*

Three Republican voters spoke at a news conference, saying they were not sure if their votes were cast as they intended.

Stan Read, the Republican candidate for judge in the 13th Judicial District, said he was not initially allowed to vote for himself or House candidate Glenn Walters and that he had to vote for an unopposed Democratic candidate in another judicial race to make the machine accept his ballot.

At least one other voter had a similar experience, having to vote for a Democrat he didn't favor to make sure the machine would cast his entire ballot.

A Rio Rancho woman who attempted to vote a straight Republican ticket said the machine switched all of her votes to Democrat. She said her daughter attempted to vote straight Republican, but her votes were all switched to the Green Party.