Biden’s campaign says Georgia voting problems are ‘completely unacceptable’ – By Greg Bluestein (Atlanta Journal Constitution) / June 9 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign called the hourslong lines and malfunctioning voting machines in Georgia a “completely unacceptable” breakdown, and called on state officials to take immediate steps to fix the problems.
The presumptive Democratic nominee’s top voter protection official, Rachana Desai Martin, said the campaign will be “fully engaged” in defending the right of Georgians to safely exercise their power to vote in November.
“Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy,” said Martin. “What we see in Georgia today, from significant issues with voting machines to breakdowns in the delivery of ballots to voters who requested to vote absentee, are a threat to those values, and are completely unacceptable.”
The problems at Georgia’s polls started before voting opened Tuesday, as dozens of voting machines malfunctioned or weren’t delivered in time.
Many of those sites were more crowded, and less staffed, than typical after counties closed precincts and hired fewer staffers because of the pandemic.
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