Its election day in municipalities across Alberta, but some voters in the province’s two biggest cities tell Global News they had to wait upwards of two hours to cast their ballot.

In some cases the lineups were so long, people walked away without even voting.

“I’m surprised by the length of the lineup,” said Michael Cooper as he waited for his turn to vote in Calgary.

Chris Gerien, who voted at Colonel Walker School in Inglewood, said there weren’t enough Elections Calgary workers inside the school to deal with the long lineups.

“I waited two hours in line,” said Gerien “They needed to fill out a form for every single voter and it’s all duplicate information for your address, postal code name and age which is already on the voter list.”

There are similar stories of frustration from v

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