WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Voters reported long lines and problems with equipment in Georgia on Tuesday as Democrats went to polls to pick a nominee in a competitive U.S. Senate race, one of five states choosing candidates for the White House and Congress.
FILE PHOTO: Jon Ossoff addresses his supporters after his defeat in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District special election in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry/File Photo
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and former Mayor Kasim Reed reported problems with voting machines not working and long lines that started forming as soon as the polls opened at 7 a.m. (1100 GMT).
Georgia’s Democratic party said it had received “countless reports of widespread voting issues in every corner of the state” and blamed the secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, for not having provided adequate training and support for a new voting system.
“I waited for three hours,” Callie Orsini, 26, who said she stood in line with hundreds of people in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood. She said a number of people in line with her had requested absentee ballots but not received them, and it took long