Can someone tell me what's going on in GA?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

It's supposed to be good for us.

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. A preview of November

Mark my words.

[elleng]

2. Depends on your point of view.

Seems Joe Biden has won the primary, but chaos @ much of the state's AA voting precincts, huge waits, machines untested, didn't work, staff untrained.

Still voting, @ a nursing home. Featured on Lawrence show now.

[still_one]

3. We need to get people registered, and encourage them to vote early when available, and by mail if

possible

[CountAllVotes]

4. Vote by mail if you can!

That is the best way to do it!

They let you know when they get your vote and it is counted.

[still_one]

9. +++

[Laffy Kat]

12. If the Secretary of State of Georgia can't prevent this cluster f*ck s/he needs to be replaced.

This is THEIR JOB!

[onecaliberal]

5. It was a cluster. People waiting hours to vote, many having to give up.

[JackSabbath]

6. Sigh...

Our state is the laughingstock of America for the fifth time this year. Or maybe it's the hundredth time. We tend to lose track. It's hot here.😔

[Hortensis]

16. Well, embarrassment at the ongoing overthrow of democracy,

during elections by denying the people the right to vote, doesn't actually make my list of concerns.
Not when government of the people, by the people, and for the people is on the line.

Blatant RW election thefts in Georgia are a bellweather for the nation, merely displaying most unmistakably what's happening everywhere the Republicans have the means to deny the will of the people. Let's hope people elsewhere are taking the warning sent by all those people enduring Georgia's pea-soup heat to have their say.

[sprinkleeninow]

7. Just now seeing this on Lawrence O'D. 300 people still in line at 10:45 p.m.

Voters casting ballots IN A NURSING HOME!!

Finished a large salad a bit ago, eating late tonite, now I feel like I'm gonna puke...

[Ilsa]

8. Voting by mail should be easier.

People need to make certain they are registered correctly to avoid application approval delays.

Voting absentee is another way to trip up Raffensberger and the GOP plot to stomp on democracy.

I wrote an OP describing my vote-by-mail process in Ga. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213572486

[tirebiter]

10. Need to overwhelm Brian Kemp corruption

Backed by Billy Barr corruption, both part of Trump corruption.

[Hoyt]

11. The counties with the longest lines aren't run by GOPers. We need to

do better as far as voting early or by mail.

And we need to demand better service from our counties. No more excuses in November, it doesn’t help us.

[elleng]

13. New machines purchased, after last cluster*,

provided by a company unfamiliar with doing their job, apparently, and provided little if any training. Friend of repug official, secy state???

Somehow white districts had few problems, but machines + personnel in AA districts severely handicapped.

BYE, Georgia, for November.

[onetexan]

14. Now for the good news: Ossoff is @49% now, with more counting to be done. He will clinch the Dem nom

[Cha]

18. Mahalo, onetexan!

[onetexan]

19. Aloha Cha!

GA needs fixin' but im hopeful Ossoff w get its senate seat this year

[imanamerican63]

15. Trump is involved in some way!

Putin too!

[no_hypocrisy]

17. A perfect storm -- for democracy

1. New machines (with paper trail) delivered, but
2. New poll workers never had training how to use them.
3. Veteran poll workers didn't show up en masse because of fear of the Virus.
4. Insufficient supply of provisional ballots.
5. Long lines at polls where the majority voters are African-American. Easy in/out for white polling stations.
6. Voting machines were not delivered to all precincts.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

20. Fair Fight is trying their best for change.....

Lots to read about the election problems here:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fairfightaction

For example.....

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Fair Fight's web page: https://fairfight.com/latest-news/

Go Stacy!.......

[FakeNoose]

21. It's not just Georgia

The pandemic has caused a lot of these problems. What's encouraging is that the turnout was great. But what is discouraging is that so many enthusiastic voters ignored the opportunity to use the mail-in ballot option. Therefore the few polling places that were open on election day were swamped with way too many people and not enough trained officials to manage the crowds.

Same thing happened in Pittsburgh. I live in the city Pittsburgh and I voted by mail. However I happened to drive past my neighborhood polling place last Tuesday and it was completely over-crowded. Several of the smaller polling centers had been closed because they didn't meet the Covid-19 standards for social distancing. Therefore a lot more people converged on the few polling stations that were allowed to open.

For us it's not a question of voter suppression. Our city is solid blue, and our county is probably 2/3 blue. Everyone who wanted to vote, got to vote. But it probably wasn't as convenient for everyone this time. So let's hope that more people get in the habit of using (or at least trying) the mail-in ballots by November.