May primary was the biggest test yet for Georgia's new voting law

Election 2022 Voting
A sign for early voting in Marietta, Ga. on May 19, 2022, during advanced voting. The Georgia primary is Tuesday, May 24. Tuesday's election in Georgia marks the biggest test yet of new voting restrictions enacted by Republicans in one of the nation's most important battleground states as voters decide hotly contested primary races for governor and U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Atlanta voter Wanda Beckham was shocked to learn her vote didn’t count in the May primary.

Beckham applied for an absentee ballot as early as she could, then sent it back in the mail. 

But by the time her ballot got to the county Board of Elections, election day had passed by three days.