Voters were turned away from several polling stations across the Toronto area on Monday amid delays and confusion on a busy Election Day.

Voters hoping to cast their ballots at a downtown polling station on Monday were unable to do so after ballot papers didn't show up until well into the morning.

Some constituents of the Toronto-Centre riding said they couldn't vote until almost 11 a.m. after election staff at the Wellesley Community Centre, on Sherbourne Street, told them the ballots hadn't been delivered.

Voters were first told to return when they showed up at the polls at 9:30 a.m. However many were turned away again before they were finally able to vote.

Mikel Renout, a downtown busker, said he made three trips to the polling station before the ballots had arrived and he was able to vote.

"I was denied access to vote twice today, first when the polls opened at 10 a.m. and again about a half-hour later when I returned," Renout told CTV Toronto. "They had no ballots, therefore all of us from that ballot were denied, which means all the elderly folks who took their morning jaunt have been denied."

Polling officials are asking people to exercise patience when they go to cast their vote, especially if they go at around 6 p.m. when they expect lineups to be at their longest.

James Hale, from Elections Canada, said although he hadn't specifically heard about this incident, he said the report was unfortunate.

"Our position is that it's unfortunate if people get turned away or leave because of delays," he told toronto.ctv.ca.

Mery Paez was turned away from an Etobicoke polling station after being told she didn't have the correct identification. Despite bringing her tax forms, Canadian citizenship card and passport, Paez said she was turned away because she did not have a driver's licence.

After returning to the polling station with a CTV camera crew, election officials clarified that she did not need a licence and was allowed to vote.

There were several other voting glitches across the GTA. An elderly couple in the Davenport riding was reportedly turned away because they could not say their address in English.

Another man said he was unable to vote at 10 a.m. because an official was "missing" from the polling station at Driftwood Public School, on Driftwood Avenue, near Jane Street and Finch Avenue.

With a report from CTV Toronto's Tom Hayes