US Midterms: Voting Issues Surfacing In Georgia

Georgia had a record-breaking early voting period, with 2.5 million voters casting their ballots so far.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the state’s top election official, a Republican, has praised the overall effort. But there have been notable complications.

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There have been individual reports that Georgians found out their eligibility had been challenged during the early vote period.

In this election cycle, conservatives in Georgia have used the new state law to challenge the eligibility of tens of thousands of voters in their counties in an attempt to remove them from the rolls, though many of those challenges were unsuccessful.

In Cobb County, just north of Atlanta, county officials failed to mail about 1,000 absentee ballots to those who requested them. Officials say it was a mistake and have rushed to deliver the ballots.

“It is unacceptable, period,” said a spokesperson for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the man who oversees the state’s voting.

“We have opened an investigation and will refer to the state elections board to determine appropriate consequences.”

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Expect voting rights advocates to be keeping a close eye on the state on election day, as millions more voters head to the ballot box in one of the country’s most consequential elections.

SOURCE: BBC

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