Boston officials blamed a “miscalculation” for multiple polling locations running out of ballots Tuesday, an issue that prompted Massachusetts' top elections official to consider a temporary state takeover of the city’s elections division.

Secretary of State William F. Galvin said the ballot shortage was just one of a number of “significant problems” that hampered voting in Massachusetts’ biggest city.

Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin has opened an investigation into the Boston Election Commission after some polling places ran out of ballots​ on Tuesday.

A day after some polling stations in Boston ran out of ballots, Secretary of State William Galvin launched an investigation into the city's handling of the 2024 Election, his office said Wednesday.

Secretary of State William Galvin says he will most likely appoint a receiver to seize control of Boston's election division, after some city polling locations did not have enough ballots during Election Day, causing the secretary's office to send police cars, sirens blaring, to rush extra ballots to those locations.

State officials say police had to rush extra ballots to several Boston polling locations after ballots were not properly distributed.

Polling stations in some Boston precincts ran out of ballots Tuesday afternoon, with police dispatched to replenish supplies before the polls closed.

After ballots ran out at several Boston polling places on Election Day, Massachusetts' secretary of state announced an investigation into "significant problems" with how Tuesday's vote was administered by the Boston Elections Department.