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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHundreds of voters stand in line for hours this morning at this SW Atlanta polling place.
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MineralMan
(146,325 posts)That's what's happening. I hope the voters stick it out!
The Doonesbury cartoon on Sunday captured that clearly.
Docreed2003
(16,871 posts)They will do everything in their power to prevent voting.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)...this has been reported dozens of times to
**ELECTION PROTECTION 1-866-OUR-VOTE** Please spread...
Promote the Election Protection hotlines. (You can probably stand outside your polling place with a sign and give out this number, if someone isnt doing it already).
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866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) English language hotline
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demmiblue
(36,878 posts)Herndon said his wife "put the card in the machine and it shot it out and said 'error' when she turned it in and asked what was up."
A polling worker there told her that it showed she had already voted" and said that has been happening this morning -- but didnt explain why that machine was still being used or why her card went back in the stack to be used again.
They gave her a provisional ballot and told her it would be counted, asking her to write what happened on the back.
Elsewhere, Ontaria Woods of Gwinnett County tells CNN she has been waiting in line to vote at Annistown Elementary since 7 a.m.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-day-2018/h_1b30768b31e916d8329a60b2afc78822
demmiblue
(36,878 posts)12:08 PM - 6 Nov 2018
.@RepHankJohnson told me this issue is happening in at least 4 precincts in Snellville. He blamed Brian Kemp and called it a last gasp effort by Republicans to suppress voters of color
One African American voter told @joshua_eaton she arrived here at 7 am and didnt vote until almost noon. Her husband left the line because he had to go to work
The Democratic Party is having a press conference at the Snellville, GA polling place. @RepHankJohnson and others will discuss this voter suppression. Will live stream in a few
.@RepHankJohnson, who represents Snellville, urges Georgia voters not to turn down provisional ballots. Voters have 3 days to rectify issues so their provisional ballot will count.
A provisional ballot is much better than no ballot at all.
Democratic Party officials here say they hear Gwinnett County will keep the polls open at least 20 more minutes because of these issues. I also hear litigation has been filed to extend hours even longer
A reminder that voting advocates have pushed Brian Kemp and his office to provide a paper back-up for its electronic voting machines. Kemp has refused
No one will ever know whether the results to come out of the midterm elections in Georgia are actually what the voters intended, David Cross, an attorney representing the plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the paperless ballot system, told me in September
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They better get a lot more than a 20 minute extension of polling hours.
This is bullshit!!!!
demmiblue
(36,878 posts)Power cords.
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workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Could the blatant vote suppression be any more obvious?
Always in a democratic stronghold too, what a coincidence!