More than 128,000 Georgians went to the polls Monday, a record for the first day of early voting in the state, according to the secretary of state's office. The high turnout surpassed the nearly 91,000 votes cast on the first day of early voting in 2016 and left eager voters waiting in hours-long
1 / 3APTOPIX Election 2020-Early Voting-GeorgiaHundreds of people wait in line for early voting on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Marietta, Georgia. Eager voters have waited six hours or more in the former Republican stronghold of Cobb County, and lines have wrapped around buildings in solidly Democratic DeKalb County. ATLANTA — More than 128,000 Georgians went to the polls Monday, a record for the first day of early voting in the state, according to the secretary of state's office.
“I see in Chatham County where they’re having lines forming for them to go and vote," he told the television station."So, they’re voting right now, and we aren’t able to.” In Fulton County, the state's most populous county, close to 20,000 people voted in person on Monday, second only to the last day of early voting in 2016, when about 26,000 voted, county elections director Rick Barron told reporters.
Long lines formed again Tuesday in some places. At least two counties, Cobb and Gwinnett in Atlanta's populous northern suburbs, have online wait time tracking tools. Gwinnett's tracker showed an eight-hour wait around midday at the main elections office and waits of one to two hours elsewhere. Cobb's tracker at one point showed a wait of five hours at the county's main elections office.
Concerns about voter disenfranchisement have resulted in a flood of election-related lawsuits seeking to have judges order changes.
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