Wrong key, missing pencils among hiccups at polling stations

Most of the some 9,200 polling stations opened smoothly and on time on the last day of voting in the 2021 parliamentary election on Wednesday, though there were a few that faced some start-up problems. Barendrecht had the most problems, with 20 out of its 24 polling stations opening late, Rijnmond reports. A polling station in Haarlem opened two hours later than planned, because the municipality had provided the wrong key for the ballot box. The polling station eventually opened at around 9:30 a.m. after the municipality tracked down and delivered the right key.