CLEVELAND -- The Cuyahoga County Board of Election is still trying to unravel numerous voting machine problems after Tuesday's primary, and the whole thing could end up in court.

The Board of Elections is expected to finish hand-counting the ballots by Wednesday evening, but it could take weeks before it finally figures out what went wrong at some of the polling places, reported 5 On Your Side's Joe Pagonakis.

As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, as the counting continued, voting machine memory cards had been accounted for and about 17,000 absentee ballots had been hand-counted.

Optical scanners manufactured by Diebolt were not properly reading a significant number of ballots printed by Marketing Communication Resource, in Mayfield Village, forcing a costly hand-count.

Diebolt said its optical scanners tested out properly and were reading accurately, and Marketing Communication Resource said its ballots weren't the problem.

Elections Director Michael Vu said it's an investigation that could take weeks. Vu said the board took steps to back up the numerous poll workers who caused problems when they didn't show up.

They Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office has been notified about all the Election Day problems and is prepared to take the case to court if needed.

Election Day workers were given a 19 percent raise this year, but it still only amounts to about $100.

Vu said poll workers may need to be paid more to ensure a higher percentage of them will show up, especially when there are big changes in Election Day procedures.