Voting Delays, Long Lines Hamper Georgia Primaries

People wait in line to vote in the Georgia's primary election at Park Tavern, in Atlanta, Ga., on June 9, 2020. Brynn Anderson/ AP Photo

ATLANTA—Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts on June 9 amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are expected to hotly contest in the fall.

Widespread problems included trouble with Georgia’s new voting system that combines touchscreens with scanned paper ballots in races for president, U.S. Senate, and dozens of other contests.