Express Poll Machines Slow Voting In Fulton Precinct

Poll workers at Therrell High School said one of the location’s “Express Poll” machines froze throughout the morning. The machines verify voters’ IDs and pop out yellow ballot cards that people take over to the booths. Fulton County elections officials say the school was one of a handful of polling locations where express poll machines had to be rebooted.

Coupled with a separate issue over a voter’s identification there, two of the four ballot machines weren’t serving voters for at time. The result was long wait times and frustration for many who watched a trickle of voters fill up less than half the available booths for more than an hour.

“This is the heart of the black community in southwest Atlanta. This is ‘get out the vote’ country. When I tell you the black people who raised this city came from this neighborhood, and we can’t vote? That’s voter suppression, and I am pissed,” said Kelly Jackson, who felt strongly that the issues were more than a technical glitch.