More were being delivered to polling stations but the snafu was not expected to affect voting.
Voting was halted at the polling stations during the 11 May election because of alleged irregularities.
By April, 40, 000 polling stations must be set up, and 200, 000 polling officers hired and trained.
He then rushed off to check on some 100 other polling stations around the area.
"We want the polling stations to stay open tonight, till midnight if necessary, " Mr. Alvi said.
Roughly 522, 000 people voted Saturday, with lines forming at several polling stations early in the morning.
That was not at all the case when I stood outside polling stations in 2008.
The state allows mail-in votes, and in some places people can already go to polling stations.
From Narmak, we were taken to polling stations for minorities: the synagogue, the Armenian church.
Polling stations at 12 locations across the area are closing at 22:00 GMT on Thursday.
Some 590 million people are eligible to vote in 800, 000 polling stations across 543 constituencies.
Yet turnout was over 60%, and only eight polling stations came under direct attack.
The turnout at polling stations in the Highlands was 41%, while the postal vote was 66%.
Polling stations had been scheduled to close at 19:00 (17:00 GMT) but remained open until 23:00.
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The commission extended the voting hours until 6 p.m. because of long lines at many polling stations.
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Even if I had to go to two different polling stations, and wait five hours, I'm happy.
The observers say there is not enough time to retrain the people in charge of polling stations.
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Because of extra polling stations, there were none of the excessively long queues so common last time.
The commission said it would re-do the vote at 40 polling stations in one constituency in the city.
On election day, the crowds in the shopping malls were bigger than the queues in the polling stations.
Researchers disinclined or unable to loiter in polling stations are increasingly drawn to statistical means of detecting fraud.
People trolling for parking spaces at Atlanta, Georgia, polling stations were directed by other voters to available spots.
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Ministers had previously argued that Egypt had too few judges to monitor all 40, 000 polling stations at once.
The polling centers are sort of regional headquarters, the polling stations are where the voters will cast their ballots.
Some polling stations reportedly even ran short, for a time, of the indelible ink used to mark voter pinkies.
And the onset of standard time's early nightfall seemed inconsequential as voters arrived at polling stations until closing time.
The lights weren't out at local polling stations before she was on a plane to a Super Tuesday state.
Across the country, there will be 6, 000 polling centers overseeing 30, 000 polling stations.
The turnout at polling stations in the Highlands on 3 May was 41%, while the postal vote was 66%.
He said the commission plans to keep all polling stations open, and would do its best to prevent fraud.
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