Georgia primary election problems. Early voting has now ended in each of. Thousands of georgia voters waited for up to seven hours in lines that stretched blocks during the states primary election on tuesday and many left before voting. The states new voting machines did not work because of either mechanical failure or poor training of poll workers.
A number of problems across metro atlanta including long lines lack of paper ballots and issues with the new voting machines as georgian take to the polls for the primary election. Atlanta following the june 9 general election primary there are runoff elections in 94 counties according to the georgia secretary of states office. Elijah nouvelage getty images adding to the headaches were the new voting machines which some poll.
People wait in line to vote in georgias primary election in atlanta on tuesday june 9 2020. A messy primary in georgia has many people concerned about the prospect of major problems in november. Georgia election raises potential issues for november.
The georgia secretary of states office. Georgia primary issues sow concerns about general election recent primaries have exposed an overtaxed voting system and raised questions about how much can be fixed by november. Georgia voters went to the polls tuesday for the states aug.
Long lines equipment problems in the city of atlanta voters waited upwards of three hours at some polling places as social distancing measures decreased the number of voting.