Hundreds of voters stand in line for hours this morning at this SW Atlanta polling place.

[demmiblue]

Ready to wait? Hundreds of voters stand in line for hours this morning at this SW Atlanta polling place. Only three voting machines! What’s going on here? Live report at noon.

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[MineralMan]

1. Putting obstacles in front of voters.

That's what's happening. I hope the voters stick it out!

[Delphinus]

4. True.

The Doonesbury cartoon on Sunday captured that clearly.

[Docreed2003]

2. K&R for exposure

They will do everything in their power to prevent voting.

[sunonmars]

3. and this, line backing all the way into parking garage.

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[LAS14]

5. Truly absurd! Infuriating! Doesn't look like a Rebublican precinct!! I assume...

...this has been reported dozens of times to
**ELECTION PROTECTION 1-866-OUR-VOTE** Please spread...
Promote the Election Protection hotlines. (You can probably stand outside your polling place with a sign and give out this number, if someone isnt doing it already).

The Election Protection Coalition has four numbers you may call to help you with questions on or before Election Day. Please share these numbers with your community and at the polls on Election Day. Add these numbers to your phone – and then copy-and-paste them into an email to your friends and family:

866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) – English language hotline

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211370071

[demmiblue]

6. Georgia voters report long lines and malfunctioning machines

James Herndon in Decatur, Georgia, tells CNN: "Lines are long. So that’s great! But, they are extremely delayed. Up front they are having trouble verifying lots of people. People who live here and vote here whenever possible."

Herndon said his wife "put the card in the machine and it shot it out and said 'error' when she turned it in and asked what was up."

A polling worker there told her that it showed she had “already voted" and said “that has been happening this morning” -- but didn’t explain why that machine was still being used or why her card went back in the stack to be used again.

They gave her a provisional ballot and told her it would be counted, asking her to write what happened on the back.

Elsewhere, Ontaria Woods of Gwinnett County tells CNN she has been waiting in line to vote at Annistown Elementary since 7 a.m.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-day-2018/h_1b30768b31e916d8329a60b2afc78822

[demmiblue]

8. More about what is happening at Anniston Elementary:

I’m at Annistown Elementary School in Snellville, GA, where hundreds of voters have waited 4.5 hours to vote today because electronic voting machines weren’t working
12:08 PM - 6 Nov 2018

.@RepHankJohnson told me this issue is happening in at least 4 precincts in Snellville. He blamed Brian Kemp and called it a “last gasp” effort by Republicans to suppress voters of color

One African American voter told @joshua_eaton she arrived here at 7 am and didn’t vote until almost noon. Her husband left the line because he had to go to work

The Democratic Party is having a press conference at the Snellville, GA polling place. @RepHankJohnson and others will discuss this voter suppression. Will live stream in a few

.@RepHankJohnson, who represents Snellville, urges Georgia voters not to turn down provisional ballots. Voters have 3 days to rectify issues so their provisional ballot will count.

“A provisional ballot is much better than no ballot at all.”

Democratic Party officials here say they hear Gwinnett County will keep the polls open at least 20 more minutes because of these issues. I also hear litigation has been filed to extend hours even longer

A reminder that voting advocates have pushed Brian Kemp and his office to provide a paper back-up for its electronic voting machines. Kemp has refused

“No one will ever know whether the results to come out of the midterm elections in Georgia are actually what the voters intended,” David Cross, an attorney representing the plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the paperless ballot system, told me in September

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They better get a lot more than a 20 minute extension of polling hours.

[Sedona]

7. K&R

This is bullshit!!!!

[demmiblue]

9. Power cords.

The State of Georgia now admits that power cords were not provided for the voting machines here.

Power cords.

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[workinclasszero]

10. WTF?!

Could the blatant vote suppression be any more obvious?

Always in a democratic stronghold too, what a coincidence!