Boston residents faced long lines to vote as ballots ran dry at multiple polling locations and election workers struggled to contact City Hall.

The Massachusetts secretary of state’s office has ordered an overhaul of Boston’s elections practices after some city precincts didn’t initially have enough printed ballots on Election Day in November

Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin is dropping the hammer on the Hub after an “unacceptable” end to last year’s presidential election. Following the Boston election ballot mess in November when the city failed to supply polling sites with enough voting materials,