Thousands of voters in the Cincinnati-area went to vote Tuesday only to find their polling places had been moved.

        Tim Burke, chairman of the Hamilton County Board of Elections, said dozens of precincts in Hamilton County had to be relocated after precinct lines were redrawn to conform with U.S. Census boundaries.

        In Hamilton County, the board of elections mailed more than 500,000 notices to registered voters advising them of the change in their polling places.

        Nonetheless, thousands showed up at sites that no longer are polling places, or at polling places that no longer handled their precincts.

        “There is always a certain amount of confusion about polling places being changed, but there were more this year because more precincts were involved,” said Julie Stautberg, elections director.

        She said she was unsure how many precincts had been changed.

        The Rev. Rousseau O'Neal of the Baptist Ministers Conference said the black ministers group heard dozens of complaints from voters in African-American neighborhoods.

        “Some people were being told they had to go to new polling places outside their communities,” the Rev. Mr. O'Neal said.

        Boards of elections in Butler, Clermont and Warren counties reported similar confusion.

        “Regular voters are not having a problem. It's those who have not voted (since 1996) and the poll location has changed,” said Donald S. Travis, director of the Clermont County Board of Elections.

        Bob Mosketti, director of the Butler County Board of Elections, said his board sent notices to 138,000 households, and there still was confusion.

        Mr. Mosketti said the phones at the board of elections started ringing early Tuesday with questions about where to vote.

        He said turnout was so large that about 15 precincts had to be restocked with ballots. No precincts actually ran out of ballots.

        In Villa Hills, heavy turnout produced a different problem: Balloting was so heavy the polls stayed open until 8:30 p.m.

        Problems with voting machines delayed the start of the count in Dearborn County.

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