Election Workers Detail The Good And Bad From Georgia’s Primaries

Fulton County and Cherokee County election boards are the latest venues for GOP grievances challenging the legitimacy of vote tabulations.

Poll workers help voters at the polling place at Park Tavern in Atlanta on June 9, 2020.

Brynn Anderson / Associated Press

Georgia’s primary elections earlier this month drew national attention, but not in a good way.

Images of long lines and stories of machines that weren’t working correctly were accompanied by accusatory fingers pointed at large counties such as Fulton and DeKalb and the secretary of state’s office.

The day after the elections, Georgia House Speaker David Ralston asked for the House Governmental Affairs committee to investigate what happened. On Thursday, inside a committee room, lawmakers listened for more than three hours as poll watchers, poll workers, poll managers, elections directors and election board members testified about their experiences.