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Metro Atlanta polling places now closed
Primary election day in Georgia arrived Tuesday as voters braced for and social distancing at the polls.It will be a unique election held amid the coronavirus pandemic.Here are minute-by-minute updates on Tuesday’s election from AJC reporters and photographers on the scene:10:15 p.m. update: After a tumultuous and contentious day, metro Atlanta polling places are officially closed.Human error or mechanical problems plagued many polling places. At some, hundreds of voters waited to cast their ballot – some for hours. State and local officials traded blame for what some deemed a...…Primary election day in Georgia arrived Tuesday as voters braced for and social distancing at the polls.It will be a unique election held amid the coronavirus pandemic.Here are minute-by-minute updates on Tuesday’s election from AJC reporters and photographers on the scene:10:15 p.m. update: After a tumultuous and contentious day, metro Atlanta polling places are officially closed.Human error or mechanical problems plagued many polling places. At some, hundreds of voters waited to cast their ballot – some for hours. State and local officials traded blame for what some deemed a...WW…
Polls close in Georgia runoffs with short lines, but some glitches
Georgia’s runoffs concluded Tuesday after an election day where voting was quick and easy for most voters, a very different experience from a that kept some people in lines for hours.The lower-turnout runoff, along with better-prepared poll workers, led to voters generally waiting no more than 10 minutes.But there were still scattered problems Tuesday in locations where poll workers had difficulties operating new voting equipment.A judge ordered all voting locations in Floyd County, about an hour northwest of Atlanta, to be held open two additional hours, until 9 p.m. Election officials...…Georgia’s runoffs concluded Tuesday after an election day where voting was quick and easy for most voters, a very different experience from a that kept some people in lines for hours.The lower-turnout runoff, along with better-prepared poll workers, led to voters generally waiting no more than 10 minutes.But there were still scattered problems Tuesday in locations where poll workers had difficulties operating new voting equipment.A judge ordered all voting locations in Floyd County, about an hour northwest of Atlanta, to be held open two additional hours, until 9 p.m. Election officials...WW…
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