While there were some hiccups, Denton County elections administrator Frank Phillips said he was happy with election night and is fine-tuning his procedures for the next election.

"I am happy overall," Phillips said. "There's always a bump or two in the road, anytime you do an honest self-evaluation, you will look at what you will change.

"We had a big staff meeting [Wednesday] morning to talk about some things we could do differently. A couple of those would include revaluating our formula on our ballot distribution."

Phillips mentioned a polling site had run out of paper ballots and voters had to use electronic machines to vote. He said he hoped next time to post early voting results closer to 7 p.m. than his office did Tuesday.

The elections office posted final results early Wednesday morning.

Phillips debuted a new display that showed in greater detail which precincts had reported in and which were still out. A delay in getting that system operational held up things up about 30 minutes, Phillips said.

The judges were quick to get the equipment and ballots back to the elections office, Phillips said, except in a few cases where voters were still in line at 7 p.m. when the polls closed.

Phillips handed those election workers high praise.

"You're asking an individual who doesn't live and breathe this every day to come out and perform one of the most important functions we have," he said.

Phillips said it's a busy time for his office. County voters can look forward to an April 13 runoff, municipal and school district elections in May, and the November general election.

County Democratic Party Chairwoman Phyllis Wolper said the night went smoothly considering the party had so many new polling places and a lot of new judges and clerks to fill those spots.

"We were prepared for more glitches, and there were a few," Wolper said.

She mentioned the closing of a road next to one of the Democratic polling sites in Pilot Point and a municipal building that was not opened on time.

"But we had several training sessions and our people were very prepared," she said.