Boston police are rushing ballots to polling places in Hyde Park, West Roxbury, and Roslindale so people can vote before it’s too late. “We instructed Boston police to send police cruisers with lights on for reports of ballots running out or running low,

Galvin’s office said, “Unfortunately, it appears that the Boston Elections Department chose not to send all ballots in their possession to polling places” earlier, WCVB-TV reported. The statement said polling places in Roslindale and West Roxbury also ran low or had run out of ballots.

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