DENVER -- Unlike the last presidential election, there were very few poll problems to report Tuesday in the city and county of Denver. The few hiccups that did occur took place early in the morning and were resolved by noon.

Manual High School in downtown Denver had the most problems to report. Volunteer poll watcher Kimberly Owens said she was concerned with the number of provisional ballots cast.

"As of 1 p.m. we estimated that there were 200 people that had voted. From the number of people that I observed I saw there was about 20 or 40 people that had done provisional ballots," said Owens.

While the provisional ballots will be counted, the county has 10 days to tabulate the results. Owens said that will be a problem if the race turns out to be a close.

Manual High School also had problems earlier in the day with computer crashes. The number of complaints prompted the group Just Vote Colorado to dispatch a mobile team by 5 p.m. to ensure the issues were resolved.

A polling location at Monaco and Hampden gave voters heartburn earlier in the morning as well. A significant chunk of the alphabet was missing from the polling book. Voters with the last names of F through U were left out.

"We almost had close to a riot scene. People were screaming because nobody could give the right information. Somebody said one thing and the other worker said something else. It needs to be more professional when it comes to an election of this magnitude," said James Ross.

City and County of Denver Clerk and Recorder spokeswoman Nancy Reubert said it was an honest mistake.

"We had to print 185 books and we had to print them within a 24-hour period with a printer that had to work extremely fast and a lot of people who were lacking sleep to get this book done," said Reubert.

Reubert said it was resolved quickly and voters who did not want to wait around were given provisional ballots.

Despite the morning's issues, voters said the day went well. Many of them said it was far better than Election Day 2006.

"In and out like a fiddler's elbow -- a civic pleasure," said voter Ivan Huber.