Polling hours were extended to cater for the queues and frustrated voters were seen banging on polling station doors which were closed at 21:30.
Waiting in line outside polling stations in Nairobi hours before polls opened, the atmosphere was calm and people chanted "peace", reports the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse.
Even if I had to go to two different polling stations, and wait five hours, I'm happy.
In fact, some polling places were kept open two hours after their scheduled closing because of lines of voters waiting for ballots.
Novelist Kamila Shamsie said she waited five hours to vote at the same polling station.
Thalia Vasquez was one of hundreds of out-of-town voters who went to a special polling place to vote and had to wait for hours.
When she arrived at her polling place, she was told the wait to vote might be six hours.
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When Desiline arrived at her polling place, she was told the wait to vote might be six hours.
The commission extended the voting hours until 6 p.m. because of long lines at many polling stations.
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As many as 100, 000 voters were expected to cast pre-Election Day votes, but long lines were the order of the day Thursday and Friday, particularly at the six polling places set up in Broward County, with early birds waiting up to two hours to cast their ballots.
Since we've talked about polling here today, I think we can discuss that one of the polls that was out in the last 24 hours showed extremely strong support for a public option that provides the uninsured with choice and competition that is so greatly needed.
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