Millions of Americans voted Tuesday in the midterm election with relatively few reported disruptions at polling places, according to a States Newsroom account carried Tuesday and Wednesday by Arkansas Advocate, Iowa Capital Dispatch, Stateline and other statehouse sites^1,2,13.

The pages listed here republish that one wrap rather than separate original reports^1,3,7,14,18.

Election officials cited in the report said the day's problems were mainly familiar ones, including weather, power outages and technical glitches, rather than clashes over a federal presence at the polls^1,8,11.

The Justice Department sent about 1,000 election monitors nationwide and used some federal law-enforcement agents not usually assigned to polls, the report said^1,16. Democrats and voting-rights groups, as described in the same account, said they feared that mix could intimidate voters^1,13.

The Michigan Department of Attorney General said it was looking into reports that monitors in Flint asked poll workers about training details and that monitors in Dearborn sought copies of training materials^1,16. Angela Benander, a Michigan Department of State spokesperson, said a Justice Department coordinator for the state confirmed that activity was not consistent with how monitors were trained^1,2.

League of Women Voters leaders in Ohio and Pennsylvania said monitors there wore plain clothes and stayed out of the way, with Ohio executive director Jen Miller saying they sometimes asked voters short questions as they left^8,1.

The largest technical failure described in the report was in Westchester County, New York, where machines could not take paper ballots after an update to county election programming, the New York State Board of Elections said^1,12. Officials said voting continued and ballots were stored in secure bags, though results could be slower^1,10. County Executive Ken Jenkins, a Democrat, said the county had fallen short of a fair, secure and seamless process^1,2.

Over the past year the Trump administration filed dozens of election-related lawsuits on voter rolls and ballot counting, and federal courts halted nearly all of those efforts, including a demand that California set aside ballots of 20,000 people the administration said were suspected noncitizens, the report said^1,6,13.

The administration has said it is trying to stop noncitizen voting^1,4. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned on social media Tuesday that ineligible voters would be found and prosecuted, according to the same account^1,11.

Andrew Walchuk of Common Cause told reporters, "What we're seeing today could have looked a lot different," the outlets reported^1,7.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected in a one-sentence order the administration's request to freeze California vote-counting; the Justice Department said it was disappointed and would pursue other legal avenues, according to the same account^1,9,13.

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1. Arkansas AdvocateVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference7:11 PM
2. Iowa Capital DispatchVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:59 PM
3. Louisiana IlluminatorVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:52 PM
4. Maine Morning StarVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:45 PM
5. Nebraska ExaminerVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:50 PM

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1. New Hampshire BulletinVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference7:17 PM
2. Source NMVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:41 PM
3. Ohio Capital JournalVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:44 PM
4. Oregon Capital ChronicleVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:47 PM
5. Rhode Island CurrentVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:44 PM
6. South Dakota SearchlightVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:49 PM
7. West Virginia WatchVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:43 PM
8. StatelineVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:50 PM
9. Tennessee LookoutVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:50 PM
10. Colorado NewslineVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:50 PM
11. Michigan AdvanceVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:50 PM
12. NC NewslineVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:50 PM
13. News from the StatesVoters sail through a mostly smooth Election Day, despite fears of federal interference6:50 PM

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