A judge had to intervene to extend hours at some troubled Fulton County precincts for voters trying to cast a ballot for Tuesday’s special 6th Congressional District election. Furthermore, a glitch due to “technical difficulties” caused the final Fulton candidate numbers to be reported way after midnight– several hours after DeKalb and Cobb counties had tallied their final returns. Perhaps the elections director needs to be replaced, or better employees need to be hired. In any event, these are recurring and systemic problems that must be addressed by the county Board of Elections. When the whole state of Florida can tally its presidential votes in less than four hours, a comparison to this Georgia county has its elections boat SINKING…
