Long lines persist on second day of early voting in metro Atlanta
In what may seem like a repeat of Georgia’s June election debacle, the first two days of early voting have been a rough opening act, with metro voters waiting up to 8 hours to cast a ballot.
his time, voting officials in Fulton, Cobb and Gwinnett have pointed to the sheer volume of voters as the biggest factor behind the long lines.
By Tuesday afternoon, voters faced estimated waits as long as eight hours in Gwinnett and five in Cobb. Fulton does not post estimated wait times, but multiple voters said they had waited for more than two hours. Around the metro counties, many early voting locations reported estimated wait times of more than 90 minutes before noon. DeKalb County was an outlier, reporting lines of under an hour.
“This is really about turnout,” Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs said on Tuesday. “We’re seeing record numbers. As much as the counties prepared for record early voting, we’re still going to see long lines.”
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