Voting In 6th District Race Going Smoothly, Official Says

Barron says there have been a couple of voting issues, but it’s nothing that would derail having final results in by 11 p.m. He says one of the most common complaints has been from poll workers canceling people’s absentee-by-mail ballots at polls.

That would contrast with last April, when Fulton County could not report vote totals for several hours after polls closed in the special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. That contest led to Tuesday’s runoff between Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff.

This time, county officials are optimistic they will have more timely results.

Barron said that although 11 p.m. is his goal, “accuracy is paramount.”

Meanwhile, two polling places will stay open late after an equipment problem delayed the start of voting, election officials said.

Polling places at Livsey Elementary School and Holy Cross Catholic Church received the wrong equipment for checking in voters.

The matchup between Handel and Ossoff  has become a proxy for the national political atmosphere and a test of GOP strength early in Donald Trump’s presidency.

And it’s the most expensive House race in in U.S. history goes into voters’ hands.

Either Handel will claim a seat that’s been in her party’s hands since 1979 or Ossoff will manage an upset that will rattle Washington ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

Ossoff led an April primary but fell just short of an outright victory, sending an already costly race into a two-month runoff campaign.

Trump barely won the district in November, giving Democrats an opening once Republican Tom Price resigned the seat to join the president’s Cabinet as health secretary.