Would-be voters queue up at a polling station on the outskirts of the Southern Sudanese town of Yambio on Monday. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)

Have two extra days of voting solved the technical problems and delays that have beset Sudan's first general elections in 24 years?

Not really.

Paper ballots are still being delivered to the wrong polling stations, meaning would-be voters are still bouncing around to multiple polling stations before being allowed to vote, according to Maggie Fick, the South Sudan field researcher for the Enough Project, the anti-genocide arm of the Center for American Progress.

That confusion has touched even the most powerful voters: Riek Machar, vice president of the Government of Southern Sudan, reportedly had to visit five polling stations before being able to vote.

"The additional two days of polling really haven't done much at all," Fick said.

Long lines and other delays have depressed turnout as well, she added. Official turnout numbers are not available yet, but the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, the ruling party in the South, has collected initial figures from a smattering of polling stations that don't inspire confidence. The highest rate during the first three days of voting was in the state of Western Bahr el Ghazal, which had 59 percent turnout, according to Anne Itto, deputy secretary general of SPLM. Unity State checked in with the lowest total, with 16 percent turnout.

The elections were supposed to end Tuesday, but Sudan's National Election Commission extended the three-day vote to five days after complaints from Southern Sudan leaders. But turnout has tapered off in the last 48 hours, Fick said.

More delays are expected in tallying the vote. The National Election Commission initially said it could count the ballots by Friday and announce the results Saturday. But that timeline has been pushed back, and the commission says it will now take the weekend to tabulate the votes and announce a winner Tuesday.