Election meltdown georgia. Georgia voters wait in line for hours to cast ballots amid pandemic. The election meltdown in georgia is a true wake up call especially for republicans in congress by tribune content agency june 15 2020 june 17 2020 share this. What i experienced was a complete meltdown jacoria borders a fulton county poll worker hired the day before the election testified at a legislative hearing.
A perfect storm of election day problems made parts of georgia the new poster child for the perils states face as they adapt american voting procedures to meet the needs of voters during a pandemic. Associated press june 9 2020 153 pm. Widespread problems included trouble with georgias new voting system and a shortage of poll workers.
Georgias primary election which the atlanta journal constitution called a complete meltdown due to the long lines faulty voting machines and understaffed polling stations left much of. Luker said she had been. Handel rematch against mcbath set perdue challenger unclear after georgia election meltdown long lines and accusations of suppression in battleground state.
Until this year the state used voting machines called the diebold accuvote dre which ran on software. The red flags that foreshadowed georgias june 9 primary election meltdown were ignored clues and causes kept coming but state officials told counties to proceed.