Georgia voting problems 2018. To conduct our research we looked at mail ballots cast in georgia during the 2018 midterm electionsgeorgia was once covered by section 5 of the voting rights act which required the state to. The problems in georgia are hardly unique with the supreme courts 2013 decision to strike down the part of voting rights act that subjected states with histories of discrimination to. The election fallout in georgia compounded by hours long lines problems with voting equipment poll worker shortages and a host of other issues follows a familiar fate of states where elections.
John spink jspinkatajccom long lines and equipment problems plague election day in georgia. Submit your absentee ballot application by the specified deadline. The secretary of state at the time was brian kemp a republican who.
Voters waited over an hour to vote at henry w. The missing ballots amount to nearly one in five of. Georgias elections are notorious even by southern standards.
The problem of race. Voting precincts closed across georgia since election oversight lifted aug. Voting problems in the state also plagued fulton county in 2018 which led to allegations of voter suppression by democrats.
Georgias tumultuous primary elections on tuesday offer a grim preview of what could happen in november if states move to voting by mail and polling places are sharply reduced due to concerns. Absentee ballots may be requested any time between 180 days prior to the election and the end of the business day on the friday before election day. Grady high school in atlanta on tuesday nov.