Ballot scanners all over the country malfunctioned or tanked altogether, creating 2-3 hour lines. Voters were told to fill in their ballots anyway and hand them to the poll workers, who would scan them later. Many tore up their ballots in disgust or walked away with their ballots, vitiating their validity altogether if they tried to return them later. In Detroit, this problem wasn't discovered until 11:45 a.m. 75% of the scanners at Jamaica, Queens PS 52 broke down. There will be Judicial Committee hearings on all of the above.
In North Carolina, where purging of the voter lists had occurred, involving thousands of African Americans with "mathematical precision," there had been a court order to add these names back, which was not fulfilled. This is considered a matter for the DoJ to take up.
At one polls location in Harlem, the ramp for handicapped voters and others in need of it was hidden behind the building with no signs to inform voters where it was. There was a line of approximately 200 voters forced to wait in 4 separate lines: once outside, once inside, once to gain access to the four separate precinct tables, and then again to actually scan votes. This was mid-morning, so imagine what it was like during rush hours. In addition, the room was too small to accommodate the number of voters anxious to exercise their right to vote. The poll workers were very kind and sympathetic, my informant told me.
In Loudon County, Virginia, an area inhabited by some newcomers and others who had been there a long time, there was intimidation via open carrying of guns, but no actually shooting incidents. No laws in the Dominion State forbid open carry.
Notices to vote on Wednesday were sent out in Mansfield, Georgia to Democrats.
In Detroit, again, those showing student IDs were put through a multitude of red tape before being allowed to vote.
In one district in Palm Beach County, FL, there were 25 broken scanners. Voters were forced to fill out provisional ballots
Of course, if you showed up at the wrong precinct, fully 12 states won't count your ballot at all; elsewhere you will receive a provisional ballot.
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