Facebook on Monday night said it removed a network of over 100 Facebook and Instagram pages that it indicated could have been trying to improperly influence the midterm elections on Tuesday, NBC News reported. 

The company opened an investigation into the roughly 115 pages after "U.S. law enforcement contacted us about online activity that they recently discovered and which they believe may be linked to foreign entities" on Sunday night, according to the company's head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher. 

Almost all of the approximately 30 Facebook pages appeared to be in French or Russian, while the 85 Instagram accounts appeared mostly to be in English, he said, some focused on celebrities, others on political debate. He said the network "may be engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior." 

Earlier Monday, the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, the FBI and the office of the director of national intelligence issued a joint statement warning that "Americans should be aware that foreign actors — and Russia in particular — continue to try to influence public sentiment and voter perceptions through actions intended to sow discord." Among the tactics they warned could be used is "disseminating propaganda on social media."

A polling location in South Windsor did not have card stock ballots to feed into the tabulator on Tuesday morning.

According to Registrar of Voters Sue Burnham (R), the workers at the Pleasant Valley School were unable to locate the card stock ballots and learned they had been delivered to another district. She said other district discovered the mistake almost immediately and the ballots were delivered to Pleasant Valley School.

Voters who showed up before the ballots arrived cast auxiliary ballots, which will be hand counted, officials said. In total, 41 auxiliary ballots were cast.

Enfield Police and Connecticut State Police are investigating after several projectiles were found in a home in Enfield.

According to police, they were found at a home on King Street.

Officers believe the projectiles are inert, but out of an abundance of caution, they are being examined by the Connecticut State Police bomb squad.

Police said if they determine there is a danger to the public, appropriate measures will be taken to ensure public safety.

Firefighters extinguished a fire at a business in Milford early Tuesday morning.

The fire was at a business at 1469 Boston Post Road. 

There was construction work being done at the business at the time of the fire.

The extent of the fire and damage is unknown.

Fire officials are working to determine the cause of the fire.

Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven is historically one of the busiest polling locations in the state.

Since there's no early voting in Connecticut, this is the only day voters can make their voices heard and every single vote will matter.

If you haven't registered to vote, you still can if it's your first time or if you've moved to a new town.

You can contact your local Registrar of Voters for registration locations. You'll need an ID and proof of residency.

While there's no certainty who is going to come out on top in the governor's race, there are plenty of local and state issues that voters are focusing on, especially when it comes to taxes and the state budget.

Polls opened at 6 a.m. and will be open until 8 p.m. tonight.

A far-right troll told others that he was immediately banned from Twitter for deliberately sharing the wrong election date, according to NBC News, which had a reporter mistakenly added to trolls' private chats online.

"Were they really banning people for saying [vote on] November 7? Lol, whoops," wrote the user, whose name was a racist joke about Native Americans.

Twitter has stepped up its efforts to counter misinformation efforts on the platform that were rampant in 2016, when politically motivated trolls and a Russian influence campaign thrived.

Automatic steps Twitter's taken to enforce troll activity are "the type of proactive behavior we need to see more of" from social media companies, said Nina Jankowicz, a disinformation researcher at the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute.

NBC Connecticut has partnered with ProPublica and other news organizations covering problems that prevent eligible voters from casting ballots — and we need your help. 

The Electionland project relies on citizens on the ground to tell us about issues like long lines, registration problems, purged voter rolls, broken machines, voter intimidation and changed voting locations. 

Here is how you can participate with NBC CT Investigates and ProPublica: 

• PHONE: Call the NBC Connecticut Investigates Election Hotline at 1-855-622-2830 to report issues directly to us.
• SMS: Send the word VOTE, VOTA (for Spanish) or 投票 (for Chinese) to 81380 (standard text message rates apply).
• WhatsApp: Send the word VOTE, VOTA (for Spanish) or 投票 (for Chinese) to 1-850-909-8683.
• Facebook Messenger: Go to m.me/electionland.
• Sign up using the form that’s embedded at the end of this post. 

In 2016, the Electionland coalition went through thousands of tips from a legal call center hotline, as well as thousands of text messages and social media posts. Local journalists around the country reported 400 stories and helped bring attention to voting problems that were fixed before polls closed. 

If you notice problems while voting during the 2018 midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 6, please share so we can help investigate them. 

In a major move, the Chicago Blackhawks have fired three former Hartford Whalers from the coaching staff.

The team fired Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville, a Hartford Whaler from the 1983-84 season until 1989-1990, and named Jeremy Colliton the 38th head coach in franchise history, the team announced Tuesday. 

The team also parted ways with assistant coaches and former Whalers Kevin Dineen and Ulf Samuelsson and hired Barry Smith as an assistant to Colliton. 

The rest of the staff will remain with the team, according to officials. 

Quenneville, who is in his 11th season with the team, joined the Blackhawks in 2008 and led the team to three Stanley Cup championships.

He is the second-winningest head coach in team history, and has the second-most wins of any coach in NHL history. 

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Colliton, 33, is now the NHL's youngest head coach. He was 12 games into his second season with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League after being named IceHogs head coach in May 2017 - his first coaching job in North America. 

Prior to joining the Hawks, Colliton spent four seasons as the head coach of Mora IK in Sweden. 

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“The Chicago Blackhawks front office has made a decision to release Joel Quenneville from his head coaching duties, doing so with my full support," Blackhawks Chairman Rocky Wirtz said in a statement. "As Chicago Blackhawks fans have seen over the last decade, this organization no longer shies away from making tough decisions or ones based on emotion. Those days are long behind us. Of course, Joel’s was difficult, as it should have been. During his tenure as head coach to the Chicago Blackhawks, Joel brought the city of Chicago and our fans three Stanley Cups and an incredible era of hockey. When Joel was originally hired into our 2008 season, we had great hope for his potential to take the team to new levels. He went beyond what anyone expected. As difficult as that decision in 2008 was, this one was tougher. But as we look to a future history not yet defined, we believe the change we made today, will provide the Chicago Blackhawks a critical element in achieving our goals of Championships in the future, including this season. I wish Joel and his family well and thank him for his incredible leadership and results. Nothing will ever take away the success he brought our franchise, our fans and my family. Joel will forever be etched into the most memorable era in Chicago Blackhawk hockey. And for that, we will always be connected and always eternally grateful.”

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State officials have released the first set of voter turnout information for the 2018 midterm election and they said around 21 percent of voters had gone to the polls as of around 10 a.m., although several towns have not yet reported.

The report, as of 10 a.m., said around 21.5 percent of registered voters have gone to the polls, according to the Secretary of the State’s office.

“I think that 20 percent number is quite high for a mid-term election like this,” Secretary of the State Denise Merrill said.

Voter turnout is always lower for midterm elections than when there is a vote for president, she said.

"Generally in Connecticut, we'll get between a 55 and a 65 percent turnout in a midterm election, so 20 percent by mid-morning -- maybe people are beating the rain, you can't tell -- but it's high," she said.

Voter turnout for presidential elections is around 75 or 80 percent in Connecticut, according to Merrill.

The Secretary of the State says the state has the highest voter registration ever right now, at about 2.165 million registered.

“Many of them young, new voters, so we have a big surge in 18- to 24-year-olds,” she said, adding that many of the registrations are coming through the Department of Motor Vehicles now. 

In Cromwell, even the youngest residents had the chance to vote during the midterm elections. 

While adults cast votes for governor, Congress members and local offices, children had the chance to vote on ballots of their own and choose their favorite zoo animal. 

Ballot clerk Mertie Terry said the United States has the most wonderful democracy in the world and this gave children a chance to take part. 

“If we don’t start teaching children how precious that is when they’re very young, then how do we expect them to come out and support this government,” she said. 

Children filled in a bubble under Emily the Elephant, Sam the Penguin, Doug the Mouse or Melissa the Duck, folded the ballot so the vote remains a secret until it’s counted and placed it in a box. 

Nine-year-old Leah White voted and revealed that she picked Emily the Elephant. 

“Because elephants are really big and they're strong and I think they’re the most popular animals in the zoo,” she said. 

Her father, Hunter White, said he thought the idea of a ballot for children was a great one and shows the importance of the voting process. 

The zoo animal ballot was so popular that the polling location ran out, so Terry took names and addresses to send "absentee ballots." Once the votes are tallied she will announce the winner. 

“It was really cool seeing who could vote for,” Leah White said. 

With well more than 100 competitive House and Senate contests happening on Tuesday, keeping track of the big picture on Election Day could seem pretty daunting. 

Polls start closing at 6 p.m., and we’ll start seeing voter data that could give us a sense of how each party is faring — and how real a potential blue wave might be. Watch results for Kentucky in the 6 p.m. hour, as well as Georgia, Indiana and Virginia in the 7 p.m. hour. Florida, Maine, New Jersey and Tennesse are ones to watch when polls close at 8 p.m. and Arizona, Minnesota, New York and Texas will close at 9 p.m. Also keep an eye on the West Coast (California and Washington) when polls close at 11 p.m.

The NBC News Political Unit has identified key races that will tell the story of Election Night 2018 as it evolves. These are the ones we’ve identified as being the most informative about the political landscape.

Keep in mind: Democrats need a net gain of 23 seats to gain back control of the United States House, while they need a net gain of two to gain the majority in the Senate. Democrats are favored by most analysts, including NBC News, to reach their goal in the House; Republicans have the advantage to maintain their dominance in the Senate.

Some voters in Hartford are having trouble getting their vote in because of a broken machine.

The moderator at the E. B. Kenelly School said the vote tabulator machine never worked this morning and he's been waiting for a fix for hours.

Since the machine is not scanning ballots, voters are pushing their auxiliary votes into the bin to be counted later. Turnout at the school has been so strong, the moderator has had to open the bin up and manually push ballots down to make room for more.

Some cities and towns keep backup tabulator machines on site at polling places, but Hartford does not so it takes time for workers to get a replacement.

One of the Registrars at City Hall said all of the tabulator machines were serviced before the primaries. She also said poll workers will remove and secure those ballots that are filling up in the bin if it becomes too full. Every vote will be counted by machine or by hand, if need be, she added.

If you experience a problem at the polls, you can call NBC Connecticut Investigates at 855-NBC-CT30.

Or you could call the state's Election Day hotline at 1-866-733-2463 or email elections@ct.gov.

You can also tell us about the issue here. 

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Sen. Chris Murphy has been elected to a second term in the U.S. Senate.

He won handily over his opponent, Republican businessman Matt Corey.

First elected to the Senate in 2012, Murphy served three terms as Connecticut's 5th District representative in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Murphy has raised his profile in the Democratic Party in recent years and has been considered one of the possible contenders to run for president in 2020. It is something Murphy has said he is not interested in doing.

FIRST DISTRICT

Too early to call.

SECOND DISTRICT

Rep. Joe Courtney has been elected to a seventh term in Congress representing Connecticut's 2nd District. Courtney defeated Republican challenger Danny Postemski, Jr.

THIRD DISTRICT

Rep. Rosa DeLauro is Connecticut's longest-serving member of Congress, and that will continue with her defeat of her Republican opponent, Angel Cedena. DeLauro will return to the U.S. House of Representatives for a 15th term representing Connecticut's 3rd District.

FOURTH DISTRICT

It's a sixth term in Congress for Rep. Jim Himes in the 4th District. Himes bested his Republican challenger, Harry Arora.

FIFTH DISTRICT

Too early to call.

See full Connecticut election results here.

An arc flash is to blame for power problems and multiple outages at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks Monday morning, but officials are still investigating exactly why the backup systems didn’t kick in when the situation occurred.

Airport authorities said the arc flash, which happened near Schoephoester Road and Trap Rock Hill Road, knocked out power to their cogeneration plant, the airport’s primary source of power, as well as Eversource utility power equipment that powers the backup system.

The power problems impacted the airport's TSA screening area and no screening was taking place for hours. A crowd of people could be seen standing in the dark near the TSA checkpoint around 4 a.m.

Hundreds of people were stranded in the terminals waiting to get their tickets and go through TSA. Passengers were allowed to enter the TSA checkpoint around 7:30 a.m.

More than 20 flights are delayed because of the power problems.

Airport officials said losing utility power does not usually cause power loss to the entire terminal, and the matter is still under investigation.

The Connecticut Airport Authority worked with Eversource and Ameresco, which operates the cogeneration plant, to restore power.

“The CAA, along with Ameresco, continues to look at plant operations to determine why the plant did not provide power to the terminal facility (“island mode”) in the absence of utility power. The plant has operated in the island mode successfully many times in the past, with one of these occurrences taking place during Storm Alfred in 2011 when the plant operated for ten plus days without utility power. Our full investigation into yesterday’s incident is continuing, and we will continue meeting internally to compile and put into effect a series of recommended changes,” an airport spokesperson said in a statement.

Thirteen Farmington Bank locations and two People’s United Bank locations in Connecticut are closing. 

The company released a statement about the decision behind the closings. 

“We worked closely with Farmington Bank’s management team to carefully evaluate and determine how we can best integrate and optimize our combined branch network, both Stop & Shop and traditional locations, to best serve the needs of our customers,” Sara Longobardi, senior executive vice president, retail banking for People’s United Bank, said in a statement. 

She said the company looked at factors including proximity, access to technology and bankers, ATMs and extended-hour service locations. 

“We feel our new footprint in the region will give us a stronger, more customer facing presence. In addition, all Farmington Bank branch employees were offered positions within People’s United Bank,”Longobardi’s statement says. 

People’s United Financial Inc., the holding company for People’s United Bank, announced in October that it acquired First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Farmington Bank.  

Following are the locations that will be closing:

1. Farmington Bank at Gables Retirement Community, 20 Devonwood Drive in Farmington.
2. Farmington Bank at Village Gate, 88 Scott Swamp Road, in Farmington.
3. Farmington Bank, 176 Newington Road in West Hartford.
4. Farmington Bank at 299 West Middle Turnpike in Manchester
5. Farmington Bank at 135 Talcottville Road in Vernon
6. Farmington Bank at 129 New Britain Ave. in Plainville.
7. Farmington Bank at 427 West Avon Road in Avon.
8. Farmington Bank at 962 Farmington Ave. in West Hartford.
9. Farmington Bank at 486 Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield.
10. Farmington Bank at 782 Park Ave. in Bloomfield.
11. Farmington Bank at 1095 Main St. in Newington.
12. Farmington Bank at 957 Main St. in East Hartford.
13. Farmington Bank at 366 Cromwell Ave. in Rocky Hill.
14. People’s United Bank at 27 East Main St. in Avon.
15. People’s United Bank at 812 Queen St. in Southington

Time is running out for would-be voters waiting in line to register at New Haven City Hall Tuesday night.

As of 6 p.m. there was a line of hundreds of people waiting for same-day registration. Some said they had been waiting in line for almost four hours.

Officials said there were 500 people in line waiting to be registered. 

“Well, I thought I could do it today I took for granted the fact that I would be able to walk in and walk out easy as could be,” New Haven resident Sam Howard said. “I know better now.”

Howard said he was nervous he wouldn’t get his chance to vote, but was optimistic he still had a chance and continued to wait in line.

“Well as I understand it they’re bringing in reinforcements, they’re bringing in some backup and they’re gonna help us out the best we can,” Howard said.

The Secretary of the State's office said the law requires that voters be registered by 8 p.m. in order to vote. 

The moderator at the location told NBC Connecticut they are bringing in extra staffers to help move the lines along. Staffers had everyone eligible to register fill out the paperwork by 8 p.m. and were allowing voters to fill out ballots. However, those ballots will remain separate from the rest of the ballots while election officials determine if they are permissible.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski has protested this move and asked that the ballots remain separate from the count.

New Haven had similar problems with long lines for same-day registration in 2014 and 2016.

A person has died after being struck by a car on Main Street in Glastonbury Tuesday.

Police said the female victim was hit in the area of Main Street and Water Street. She was taken to the hospital where she died of her injuries.

The victim has not been identified.

Main Street is closed between Foote Road and Hopewell Road.

The crash is under investigation. Anyone with information should contact the Glastonbury Police Traffic Unit at 860-633-8301.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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The polls have closed and results are flowing in from towns and cities across Connecticut.

Voter turnout was expected to be strong. As of 3 p.m., around 40 percent of voters had gone to the polls.

The race at the forefront of the conversation this Election Day is the one for governor. With Gov. Dannel Malloy not running for re-election, Democrat Ned Lamont, Republican Bob Stefanowski and unaffiliated candidate Oz Griebel all hit the campaign trail. Polls have shown a tight race between Lamont and Stefanowski.

Voters across the state also weighed in on one US Senate Seat, re-electing incumbent Sen, Chris Murphy, a Democrat, over Republican Matthew Corey.

Voters are also deciding whether to make two changes to Connecticut's constitution.

One ballot question asks whether the constitution should be changed to ensure transportation revenues are spent on transportation projects. The second amendment calls for placing limits on the General Assembly when it attempts to transfer or sell state-owned property to a non-state entity.

Other statewide races include Secretary of the State, between incumbent Denise Merrill, a Democrat and Republican Susan Chapman, treasurer, between Democrat Shawn Wooden and Republican Thad Gray, Comptroller, between incumbent Kevin Lembo, a Democrat, and Republican Kurt Miller, and attorney general, between Democrat William Tong and Republican Sue Hatfield.

While not a statewide race, the race for US House of Representatives in Connecticut's 5th District has captured a lot of interest. 

U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty announced she would not run for a fourth term in the wake of allegations of abuse in her office and decided to retire after her handling of those allegations became public.

Manny Santos is the Republican Party candidate for the seat and Jahana Hayes, is the Democratic Party candidate.

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes has been re-elected to a fourth term in the House representing the southwest corner of Connecticut. The Democrat on Tuesday defeated Republican candidate Harry Arora, an investment manager who grew up in India and became a U.S. citizen after coming to the states for graduate school.

U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney has won re-election to a seventh term representing eastern Connecticut. The Democrat from Vernon has represented the 2nd Congressional District since 2007.

For the live results on all the Connecticut races, click here.

For more on midterm elections, click here.