Boston police were authorized to rush additional ballots to a polling location in the city that was running short, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Office.The polling location in Hyde Park notified the secretary’s office they were running low, and officers were authorized to activate their cruiser’s lights and siren to rush the ballots to the location through rush hour traffic, a spokesperson said. The extra ballots were due to arrive around 5:45 p.m.NewsCenter 5’s Ted Wayman also reported that a busy polling place at Holy Name School in West Roxbury also needed to have extra ballots delivered. In that case, they were not delivered in a police cruiser. Additionally, the secretary’s office said it sent a staff member to Boston City Hall to oversee any other potential ballot shortages in the city. Polls across Massachusetts will remain open until 8 p.m. Anyone in line by that time will be allowed to vote. More than 5 million voters are registered across the state and more than 3.6 million ballots were counted in the 2020 presidential election. Turnout is expected to be high again this year, with Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin predicting a record-setting turnout.

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