The deal between the two campaigns came 36 hours before the opening of polls in the so-called Acela Primary, comprising five states in the northeast and mid-Atlantic.
He said the breakdowns were the result of poor maintenance or "inadequate training of the election inspectors who don't fully understand how to operate the machines, especially at the opening of polls".
Polling stations: The AU mission said that the late publication of the final list of polling stations, "barely 48 hours to the opening of polls", may have "contributed significantly to the high number of voters who were turned away for being at the wrong polling stations".
Mr Uba's celebration party, with plenty of booze, guns and Humvees, was quite an event.It was a pattern repeated throughout the country, particularly the late opening of polling stations and the lack of ballot material leading to widespread disfranchisement.
As if to remind them of the challenge, a clock above the platform ticked steadily down to the opening of referendum polling.
The opening of the polling stations for the southern Sudan referendum on 9 January was a truly remarkable and historic achievement.
There are some clouds in North Carolina, as Democrats stand in long lines created by the opening of fewer polling locations in some key Democratic counties.
Brazilian law prohibits public campaign events and radio or television advertisements during the 48 hours preceding the opening of the polls.
But at 2am the next day, representatives of the Electoral Commission went to the police station to identify them, and the police drove them home in time for the opening of the polls.Only at Bawku, in the far north-east, did the election get out of hand.
