It doesn't have to be like this. Lines so long to vote that people have spent more than eight hours in line. Thanks to Republicans in states were they governmental control voting has become more difficult with the implementation of unnecessary laws to prevent voter fraud which stands at a whopping 0.08 %, the closing of polling places in majority minority areas, reducing early voting and eliminating voting drop off boxes. As was done in Texas where Gov. Greg Abbott afraid of a larger than normal voter turn decided that each county could have a single ballot drop off box. Donald Trump and the Republican party have been recruiting an army of poll watchers to be deployed on November 3rd, for they say to insure that no voting fraud occurs. Really those poll watchers will more than likely be armed are there to intimidate voters. As the voting base the Republican party ages and dies their core demographic is shrinking so in their desperation laws are passed and rules are changed all to allow a minority party to rule over the majority.
In Georgia, residents waited for as long as eight hours to exercise their democratic right. Many took to social media to share their experiences with early voting, noting lines of voters spanning several city blocks or school parking lots.
Long lines are not the only obstacles voters have faced. Technical glitches have also delayed the process. Voters have also faced barriers to accessing their ballots, including computer problems in some precincts as well as legal challenges in places throughout the US south.
In Georgia, whose Republican administration has fought accusations of voter suppression, residents reported technical problems that initially slowed voting, including at one voting center in Atlanta.
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