In Greater Sudbury, it's the first time for electronic balloting.

While almost 40,000 people were able to vote in advance, there were some problems for people at the polls on Election Day. 

People are raising concerns about long wait times at electronic voting stations across Sudbury.

"Because the iPads were too slow, the internet was slow like crazy, the guy says ‘you know what's wrong, the internet don't want to move.’" said voter Maurice Bodson.

He and his wife, Linda Kent, say their attempts to vote at Pius the Twelfth Catholic School kept getting timed out.

It resulted in a long wait that led at least a dozen others to give up.

"They were standing in that long line up and there was nowhere for them to sit. They got frustrated, there was people with canes, walkers, they left." said Kent.

She says some of the seniors that she saw were having difficulties using the iPads the city provided for voting.

People reported the same problems at Tom Davies Arena in Lively and at Centennial Arena in Hanmer.

"I don't know if some of these people are going to come back. Because they were older people, and they were really upset so whether they're going to go back and vote, who knows." said voter Arthur McCallum.

The city says it is experiencing a high number of voters and is aware of complaints about the online voting process at these stations.

"That's why we are asking people to be patient, take their time. We do have election staff there that are ready to assist them." said Eric Labelle, of City of Greater Sudbury.

But the delays have many people wondering why paper ballots weren't offered as a backup to speed things up.

"That was considered as an option early on in 2017 and, ultimately, we chose to pursue the electronic voting exclusively.” said Labelle.

The city says it has received positive feedback about the online voting process from many seniors, but many are telling me that the delays mean some seniors will not have their voices heard in this election.