New York, NY —

REPORTER: Yesterday's voter turnout was heavy in New York and New Jersey, as it was across the country.

In New York, the Brennan Center for Justice set up a hotline for voters experiencing problems.

Calls ranged from people looking for their polling sites to more complicated issues.

Wendy Weiser says several calls came from frustrated voters who changed parties but weren't able to vote in their new party's primary.

WEISER: That is actually because of a weird feature of New York state law which actually says that if you change your party enrollment status it doesn't actually go into affect until after the next general election.

REPORTER: In New Jersey, officials say they got more complaints than expected about problems at polling sites - including the Hoboken fire station where Governor Corzine cast his vote.

A poll worker didn't re-set the voting machine and Corzine had to delay voting.

Deborah Jacobs, director of New Jersey ACLU, says the group received a high volume of complaints from voters across the state and the issues aren't new.

JACOBS: We've been bringing the same problems and issues and failures of our election system to the state again and again for the last several elections and poll worker training has been a focus of where we see the problems.

REPORTER: Jacobs says malfunctioning machines and lack of access to emergency paper ballots also topped complaints to the ACLU.