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With worn-out clichés about the dead voting, Chicago used to be the poster child for voter fraud. But if any state is a poster child for terrible election practices, it is surely Georgia. Bold claims demand bold evidence, and unfortunately there's plenty; on Monday, McClatchy reported a string of irregularities from the state's primary election in May, including one precinct with a 243-percent turnout.
McClatchy's data comes from a federal lawsuit filed against the state. In addition to the problem in Habersham County's Mud Creek precinct, where it appeared that 276 registered voters managed to cast 670 ballots, the piece describes numerous other issues with both voter registration and electronic voting machines. (In fact it was later corrected to show 3,704 registered voters in the precinct.)
Multiple sworn statements from voters describe how they turned up at their polling stations only to be turned away or directed to other precincts. Even more statements allege incorrect ballots, frozen voting machines, and other issues.
(Score: 2) by schad on Tuesday August 14 2018, @06:55PM (1 child)
I live in Georgia, and it's true. GA went 51% for Trump, 46% for Clinton. Metro Atlanta is pretty strongly Democratic. It seems probable that GA will flip to the Ds in the next 20 years or so.
Now, with that said, the Republicans in GA are super Republican. This tends to make the state seem more Republican than it actually is, because the craziest possible person tends to get elected by the 51% that will vote for anyone with an (R) after his name.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday August 14 2018, @11:37PM
However, in the presidential race, Ga. has gone red for the last 6 presidents. The only reason Ga. voted for Carter is that he's a native son.
The Atlanta area is fairly blue but the rest of the state is red, and as you said, the Republicans are VERY Republican.