Extremely long lines at the polls during the Georgia primary that caused voters to wait as long as eight hours to cast ballots were a source of chaos in the election, which had already been postponed because of coronavirus.
Poll workers reportedly could not get machines to work, precincts did not open on time and social distancing requirements made lines longer than usual, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
But that became even worse when Georgia’s new $104 million voting system malfunctioned.
The eradication of any ‘learning curve’ rests squarely at the feet of the Georgia secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, and his office,” said DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond.
“Obviously, the first time a new voting system is used there is going to be a learning curve, and voting in a pandemic only increased these difficulties,” Raffensperger told the AJC.