Judge Orders 3 Gwinnett Voting Locations To Stay Open Longer

SNELLVILLE, GA — A Georgia judge has ordered the Annistown Elementary School precinct near Snellville, which was one of four Gwinnett voting sites that had prolonged issues with the electronic ExpressPoll system, to remain open until 9:25 p.m., officials confirmed.

Three Gwinnett County voting precincts will be open late Tuesday after technical issues throughout the day.

Anderson-Livsey Elementary will remain open until 7:30 p.m. and Harbins Elementary will remain open until 7:14 p.m.

Sorenson said the Annistown location opened 25 minutes late Tuesday morning.

Early Tuesday morning voters reported problems with voting in Snellville. One person reported going to vote and was told him he had already cast a vote. He said the poll worker checked three times, and asked if he voted in last three weeks. When he said he had not voted already, the poll workers filed a pink slip and deleted the prior cast ballot, issued a new regular ballot and the voter voted.

This happened at Zoar UMC, at 3895 Zoar Church Road Southwest in Snellville.
Another Gwinnett polling place -- the Annistown Elementary School precinct near Snellville -- is extending its hours to 7:25 pm, because of problems earlier in the morning with its electronic express polling system.

Sorenson said the correct procedure is for the poll worker to call the elections manager and find out what the issue is. Likely they were issued an absentee ballot, he said. The absentee ballot has to be cancelled and then the voter can vote normally.

"The voter needs to work with the poll manager," he said. "Call the elections headquarters and talk to elections manager."

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Another voter in Snellville reported on Twitter that the polling machines didn't have power cords.

Sorenson said this poll location opened on time and machines without power cords ran on battery power. He said paper ballots were issued for only 15 minutes. So far, this location will not be staying open later than the normal 7 p.m. closing time.

Some of these reports from voters came from a tip from ProPublica's Electionland project, which monitors voting problems around the country. If you have trouble voting, or if you saw something you want to tell us about, here's how.

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Main image -- ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 06: Sloane (no last name given), 2, waits between her father's legs as he and other voters cast their ballots at a polling station set up at Grady High School for the mid-term elections on November 6, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia has a tight race to elect the state's next Governor. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)