Voting hours have been extended by up to 45 minutes at five locations in Georgia’s Fulton County, after hoax bomb threats that officials tied to Russian sources.
While threats are out of the ordinary, these sorts of court-ordered poll extensions happen in certain places every election.
In Pennsylvania’s Cambria County, for instance, polls are extended to 10 p.m. ET after issues cropped up scanning ballots:
NEW: A Pennsylvania judge has ordered central Pennsylvania’s Cambria County to extend their closing time for polls to 10 p.m. ET after ballot scanning issues resulted in long lines and many people leaving polling sites without casting ballotshttps://t.co/uJS4JHdIGS pic.twitter.com/CmGwWaBo1I
— Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) (@hansilowang) November 5, 2024
