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Georgia County Extends Voting Hours In Some Precincts After Court Order

ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 06: Voters line-up to cast their ballots at a polling station set up at Noonday Baptist Church for the mid-term elections on November 6, 2018 in Marietta, Georgia. Georgia has a tight race t... ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 06: Voters line-up to cast their ballots at a polling station set up at Noonday Baptist Church for the mid-term elections on November 6, 2018 in Marietta, Georgia. Georgia has a tight race to elect the state's next Governor. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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A Georgia judge ordered Gwinnett County officials to extend voting today, AJC reports, after voters faced serious problems this morning at some polling places.

Gwinnett County Superior Court Chief Judge Melodie Snell Conner ordered the county to keep three separate voting precincts open – all of which had technical problems this morning forcing people to wait for hours.

Polls in Georgia are set to close at 7 p.m. ET Conner extended the hours of one precinct to 9:25 p.m. ET, another until 7:30 ET, and another to 7:14 ET.

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Josh Kovensky is an investigative reporter for Talking Points Memo, based in New York. He previously worked for the Kyiv Post in Ukraine, covering politics, business, and corruption there.
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