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>> WE HAVE SEEN IT IN MANY
COUNTIES, A LONG LINE
STRETCHING DOWN STREETS AND
AROUND BUILDINGS, AND IT IS NOT
EVEN ELECTION DAY, THIS IS WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE AT VOTING
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE METRO, THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE
SAYS GEORGIA IS SEEING RECORD
TURNOUT FOR THE FIRST DAY OF
EARLY VOTING, SOME WAITED MANY
HOURS TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS,
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SHARED THE
SAME SENTIMENT, BETTER TO WAIT
NOW THAN ON NOVEMBER 3.>> WE
ARE PROBABLY IN LINE FOR MAYBE
THREE HOURS.
THREE HOURS. >> THE WAIT WAS ABOUT THREE
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. >>
HOURS. >> 3 1/2 HOURS.
>> IT WAS ELECTION DAY, WE
DIDN'T WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM
US, AND RISK IT COMING LATER IN
THE MONTH.
THE MONTH. >> SOME OF THE LONGEST WAIT
TIMES WE BEEN HEARING ABOUT
HAVE BEEN AT COBB COUNTY'S MAIN
POLLING LOCATION ON WHITLOCK
AVENUE IN MARIETTA, WE ARE TOLD
THERE WERE ONLY 10 VOTING
MACHINES UP AND RUNNING
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY, WAIT
TIMES POSTED ONLINE VARIED FROM
5-8 HOURS.>> I THINK PEOPLE ARE
JUST READY TO VOTE, IT DOESN'T
MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES, WE
WILL STAND IN LINE TO VOTE.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART, WE ARE VOTING LIKE OUR
LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
>> IT IS AN ENDURANCE EVENT
TODAY, COBB COUNTY ELECTION
OFFICIALS TELL US EVERYONE IN
LINE AT 7 PM CAN STAY AS LONG
AS THEY NEED TO, TO BE ABLE TO
CAST THEIR VOTE, THE SECRETARY
OF STATE'S OFFICE IS TELLING
PEOPLE TO EXPECT THESE LONG
LINES AND REMINDING THEM THAT
EARLY VOTING IS OPEN FOR THREE
WEEKS, AND YOU HAVE THE OPTION
TO VOTE ABSENTEE AS WELL.
>> AT STATE FARM ARENA, FULTON
COUNTY'S LARGEST LOCATION,
THINGS ARE RUNNING SMOOTHLY,
BUT EARLIER TODAY THE COUNTY
SAID A TECHNICAL GLITCH
PREVENTED PEOPLE FROM VOTING,
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO VOTERS AT
SEVERAL POLLING SITES TODAY
AROUND FULTON COUNTY, LIVE FOR
US OUTSIDE THE POLLS AT
LIBRARY.>> I TALKED WITH VOTERS
AS THEY LEFT THE LIBRARY THIS
MORNING, THEY TOLD ME THEIR
WEIGHT WAS ABOUT TWO OR THREE
HOURS, THAT IS WHAT THEY
EXPECTED TODAY, WITH THE
EXCITEMENT AROUND THE FIRST DAY
OF EARLY VOTING, AND TODAY IS
COLUMBUS DAY, MEANING SOME
PEOPLE HAVE THE DAY OFF WORK SO
THEY COULD HEAD TO THE POLLS
DURING THAT TIME.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM AS WE
MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, APPEARS
TO BE THE GLITCH INSIDE STATE
FARM ARENA.
FARM ARENA. THE LINE OF ANXIOUS VOTERS
STOOD STILL AND SOME EVEN
GRABBED A SEAT INSIDE THE
ARENA.
ARENA.
ARENA. >>
ARENA. >> THE FIRST 25 MINUTES OR SO.
THE LINES.
THE LINES. >> Reporter: THE ISSUE AT THE
POLLING LOCATION, NOT
POLLING BOOTHS, BUT THE 60 POLE
PADS USED TO CHECK IN VOTERS,
THE ELECTIONS DIRECTOR SAYS
THEY ARE STILL IN VECTORS
DATING -- INVESTIGATING WHY
THEY DIDN'T WORK FOR ABOUT 45
MINUTES, THERE WAS AN ISSUE
WITH THE DATABASE ON THE PADS.
>> WE REIMPORTED THE FILES TO
CORRECTED FEAR -- TO CORRECT
IT.>> Reporter: THEY FIXED IT
WITHIN THE HOUR.
>> WE CAN PROBABLY GET 5000-
10,000 PER DAY HERE.
>> WE WENT TO THE BIG ARENA
WITH THE VOTING BOOTHS, AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. >>
WELL. >> Reporter: ONE VOTERS SAID
HER TO OUR WEIGHT COULD HAVE
BEEN AVOIDED WITH MORE VOTER
BOOTHS.>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
READY TO VOTE, UNDERSTANDABLY
SO, BUT IT TOOK WAY TOO LONG.
>> Reporter: VOTERS TOLD US
THEY WAITED A COUPLE HOURS
HERE, AND SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE
ISSUES ONCE INSIDE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO GET IT OUT
OF THE WAY, AND I DID AND I
FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: HEARING SIMILAR
COMMENTS FROM A SOCIALLY
DISTANCE LINE OF VOTERS, GOING
DOWN A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN
THE SIDEWALK.
THE SIDEWALK. >> I'M SMILING UNDER MY MASS
RIGHT NOW, IT IS SO GREAT TO SO
MANY PEOPLE, SUCH A DIVERSE
GROUP OF PEOPLE VOTING TODAY.>>
Reporter: FULTON COUNTY OPENED
32 VOTING LOCATIONS, MORE THAN
GWINNETT, BAND
GWINNETT, BAND COMBINED, THEY SAID THE GOAL IS
TO HAVE 80% OF PEOPLE THAT PLAN
TO CAST A BALLOT EITHER DO IT
THROUGH EARLY VOTING OR
ABSENTEE BALLOTS, IF THEY CAN
ACCOMPLISH THAT, HE BELIEVES ON
ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER 3, WE
WILL HAVE A STEADY FLOW OF
VOTERS INSTEAD OF LONG LINES
AND LONG WAIT TIMES.
BACK TO YOU.
>> IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES, LOVE
PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT STATE
FARM HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SMOOTH,
SO HOPEFULLY THE GLITCH IS ALL
GOOD NOW.
GOOD NOW.
GOOD NOW. >>> OUR VOTER AXIS TEAM IS
WORKING NONSTOP TO ADDRESS YOUR
CONCERNS AND ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THAT'S HOW WE FIRST LEARNED OF
THE PROBLEM IN FULTON COUNTY,
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