Georgia Voter Suppression Photos, Videos: Long Lines And Broken Machines
‘This Is A Crisis’: Voters In Georgia Voice Their Pain Of Massive Delays In Attempts To Vote
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“This seems to be happening throughout Atlanta and perhaps throughout the county. People have been in line since before 7:00 am this morning,” tweeted Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms not too long after polls were supposed to open — and in some instances still hadn’t.
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Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said his office plans on opening an investigation into what these counties “need to do to resolve these issues before November’s election,” he said in a statement, calling the issues in Fulton and DeKalb “unacceptable.”
Meanwhile in Roswell, a mostly white Atlanta suburb, things were running much more smoothly. One resident voter said “There were problems with the voting systems for approximately 25 minutes. Afterward, it was smooth sailing.”
Folks also had issues over absentee voting. Voters were turned away at sites because records listed that they filed for absentee voting. However, these voters never received their ballot or the ballot didn’t arrive in time for them to send in.
“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,” Atlanta voter, Nicholas Roth said.
Georgia also switched to a new voting system involving new voting machines earlier this year. The system was created by Dominion Voting Systems after a previous lawsuit accused the old systems of not being secure. Raffensperger blamed Tuesday’s voting issues on local officials while the state Democratic Party pointed the finger at him, saying his office failed to provide “adequate support and training.” Many Black leaders and organizations slammed Tuesday’s catastrophe as well. Kristen Clarke, the president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said: “These problems were avoidable yet recurring problems in Georgia that are resulting in the potential disfranchisement of voters across the state. The state has had its share of voting challenges in the recent past and should have been better prepared for this moment.”LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright, the co-founders of the Black Voters Matter Fund, released a statement saying:
“What we’re seeing across the state of Georgia right now is the complete and total failure of Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other state representatives to protect our elections.”1.
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‘This Is A Crisis’: Voters In Georgia Voice Their Pain Of Massive Delays In Attempts To Vote was originally published on newsone.com
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