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Some Atlanta voters waited four hours to cast their ballots

U.S. state of Georgia has ordered an investigation after the Primary Election was marred by claims of voter suppression.

Within minutes of the polls opening on Tuesday, long lines formed in Atlanta as a volunteer and fought with The State , the new electoral system.

, Nevada, South Carolina , West Virginia and North Dakota also voted on Tuesday in the midst of the Corona-Virus-pandemic and civil unrest unseen since the 1960s.

Voting is a preview of the November presidential elections.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic Challenger, Joe Biden , are expected to compete fiercely for Georgia in the upcoming battle for the White house.

What is happening in Georgia?

Voting sites saw queues grow immediately after the opening on Tuesday, partly because of social distancing. But the delays were also due to the severe technical problems that made it impossible for some places to cast each ballot.

Atlanta's democratic mayor, Keisha Lance bottoms took to Twitter in The Morning to report that the residents of The City and some suburbs were turning to find that Voting machines "work".

"If you don't allow in-line, PLEASE, that their voices are suppressed," she continued, amid reports that frustrated citizens to leave. "PLEASE stay on the line. "

Georgia Congresswoman Lucy Mcbath also alleged "voter suppression" was The Reason for The Massive delays, tweeted: "Unacceptable. Our citizens have a right to vote. Plain and simple. "

What to say to the Voting officials?

Before the vote was finished for The Day , Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger , who is responsible for the parliamentary elections, an investigation was initiated by The Way the vote was conducted in Fulton and DeKalb counties.

In an interview with WAGA-TV, he The Situation and called it "unacceptable" and promised, "to determine what to do these circles, to resolve these Issues before the November election".

Georgia House Speaker David Ralston , who is like the Lord Raffensperger is a Republican, has also called to examine the diet, the Voting problems.

What was The Problem ?

Mr Raffensperger said, the problems are due to a variety of factors, including the lack of experienced election Workers , have kept away the fears of the coronavirus.

This is Georgia's first choice with a new $104m (£81m) Voting system a paper-ballot state elections for the First Time in 18 years, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.

snakes began to form polling stations, the before 07:00 local time voters will receive a sticker, which is to say that you have chosen

The System uses touch-screen Computer to print a paper ballot.

Earlier on Tuesday, the country-wide vote Implementation Manager Gabriel Sterling-who is responsible for the new system, said in a statement, by The Secretary of state's office: "So Far we have no reports of actual equipment. "

"We have supplied the reports of the equipment, in all the wrong places and too late to be delivered. We don't have to understand reports of election helpers setup or how Voting equipment is functioning," he continued, adding that more than 2,000 districts across The State have reported no problems.

"While these are unfortunate, they are not Issues of technology but a function of the counties engaged in poor planning, limited training, and failures of leadership. "

Mr. Sterling took to hit Twitter to Fulton County , where Atlanta is located - chronic tuning problems.

hundreds of volunteer election Workers - normally over the Age Of 70 - stop in The Weeks before the election because of the fears of the current Corona Virus epidemic.

"Even the poll Workers don't know what to do," Dekalb County Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson told the Journal-Constitution.

"These are new machines, and you expect people to run to you in less than a few months? If this is a preview of November, then we are in trouble. "

Basketball superstar Lebron James tweeted that The Chaos noted that "how we vote, is also structurally racist".

Nearly a million absentee ballots were cast before Tuesday ' s, say officials. The record is believed to be due to residents fears of the coronavirus.

In the year 2018, Georgia was plagued by Voting scandal, according to the gubernative candidate Stacey Abrams refused to admit, then, Secretary of state Brian Kemp claimed that the vote was hampered by the suppression efforts of the Republicans.

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Source of news: bbc.com