Boston police are rushing ballots to polling places in Hyde Park, West Roxbury, and Roslindale so people can vote before it’s too late.

“We instructed Boston police to send police cruisers with lights on for reports of ballots running out or running low,” said Debora O’Malley, spokeswoman for the Secretary of State’s office. She added a staffer from her office has been sent to City Hall to help Boston deal with what appears to be heavy turnout.

O’Malley said the “priority” is for everyone to vote who wants to before the polls close at 8 p.m.

“We put ballots in police cruisers to get them where they had to go,” she said, adding the office will double-back tomorrow to find out what went sideways.

The Herald has also learned there are reports of “dim lights” at Cathedral High School in the South End where voters are using cell phones to illuminate their ballots. The gym is “extremely dark” and only a “few lights are on,” said Councilor Ed Flynn.

“Although the poll workers are doing an exceptional job, we have had major problems throughout the city of Boston. It’s a lack of planning and leadership from the Elections Department,” said Flynn.

A spokeswoman for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu did not address the bad lighting but did say there were enough ballots at the high school. They did run out of English-Spanish versions but substituted them with English-Chinese ones with all the wording and candidates’ names clear.

The city Elections Division told the Herald the ballots “should be on the way” just before 7 p.m. to “a few places” that ran out.

In the South End, voters were frustrated by the poor lighting in the school’s gymnasium. Police were also offering lighting, including cell phone lights offered up by poll workers. A couple at the school said the lousy lighting hurt their ability to understand the ballot questions.

“I didn’t read it fully because of how hard it was,” the man said, who asked to remain anonymous. “It was inconvenient for sure.” The wife told the Herald it also made her question if her eyes were getting bad.

This is a developing story …