Georgia secretary of state launches investigation into voting issues as hours-long waits, problems with new voting machines and a lack of available ballots plague voters on Tuesday.
He pointed to numerous issues, including fewer polling precincts, new voting machines and absentee ballot issues.
"The individuals had requested absentee ballots, but they didn't arrive in time to send in, but when they showed up to try and vote in person, they were blocked because the system had indicated they already had an absentee ballot, which, again, they said they never received,” Roth said.Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images
Richard DeMillo, a cybersecurity professor at Georgia Tech who observed the voting process at College Park Auditorium in Atlanta, called it"pretty chaotic." He cited bottlenecks from voter check-in delays and estimated half the center’s machines were turned off and not in use.
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