CLOSE Voters face long lines and waits at polling places in Georgia as the state holds its delayed primary election amid a shortage of poll workers and social-distancing precautions. (June 9) AP DomesticWASHINGTON – As five states held primary elections Tuesday amid nationwide protests against police brutality and the coronavirus pandemic, problems in Georgia took center…
The problems in Georgia also led to a back-and-forth blame game between officials in the state. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his office called the issues "unacceptable" and placed the blame on local election officials in a handful of counties, saying they were ultimately responsible for training poll workers and voters in other parts…
Hours-long waits, problems with new voting machines and a lack of available ballots plagued voters in majority minority counties in Georgia on Tuesday — conditions the secretary of state called "unacceptable" and vowed to investigate.Democrats and election watchers said voting issues in a state that has been plagued for years with similar problems, along with…
Georgia voters immediately encountered hours-long lines and equipment malfunctions as they showed up to vote in person in the state’s primary races on Tuesday. Today is the latest high-stakes test of whether a state can hold an election during the Covid-19 pandemic. Tuesday also marked the first time Georgia was using new voting equipment, and voters…
Georgia voters immediately encountered hours-long lines and equipment malfunctions as they showed up to vote in person in the states primary races on Tuesday. Today is the latest high-stakes test of …
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…