Georgia Vote Will Show if The Peach State is a Swing State
The most competitive election cycle in decades could confirm Georgia as a swing state or leave Republicans still in control. After weeks of early balloting, voters on Tuesday finished deciding whether the state awards its electoral votes to Democrat Joe Biden or again supports President Donald Trump.
Despite some technical problems, voting in Georgia on Tuesday got off to a mostly smooth start — a marked departure from a June primary that required some voters to wait in line for hours to cast their ballots.
People lined up outside polling places before they opened at 7 a.m. but the average wait was down to 12 minutes a little less than an hour later, the secretary of state's office announced.
"We are having a successful election in Georgia today," Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said with roughly five hours of voting still to go.
Raffensperger credited the large numbers of people who voted ahead of Election Day. A record of nearly 2.7 million voters cast their ballots during the state's three-week early in-person voting period. Another 1.5 million absentee ballots had been received and accepted.
There were some problems. An apparent database error affected all polling sites in Spalding County about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Atlanta, where voters encountered delays after electronic ballots wouldn't load on touchscreen voting machines. Poll workers switched to a manual process and voting continued.
The problems in Spalding County resulted in voting hours at all polling places there being extended until 9:00 pm.
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