Just under two hours

I made it and voted just under two hours. A small price to pay to partake in this historic election. Now I just hope my vote actually gets counted.

The lines outside the building have increased considerably. At least it isn't cold now.

I still say we can do better to lessen lines and make voting available to more people by extending the voting hours and days.

Kathy Kelly
Executive Director
MEGA Family Project
404-808-3350

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One hour and fifteen minutes...

After one hour and fifteen minutes, I finally made it inside the building to what appears to be another very long line. Most people are just happy to make it inside to get out of the cold.

They started allowing people with very small babies to come inside. They won't let them vote, but are allowing them to wait inside. Obviously the election officials don't realize how hard it is to vote with a child in tow. It was the citizens in line who asked to bring the babies inside.

People seem to be in fairly good spirits even with the long wait. There is much talk about being excited to vote and a belief that this is our civic duty.

This election is good for the nation. High turnout feels good and right.

We are voting here in the fire department's headquarters. You have to wonder if this double line in the halls meets the fire code.

The AJC said it was a 90 minute wait here yesterday. The people here say it was really two hours. It looks like we are definitely looking at two hours or more here. And the Secretary of State doesn't want to do better. I wonder when she is up for re-election?

I had the pleasure to hear the Ohio Secretary of State speak this past summer. She was truly an inspiration as to someone who wanted to make sure all the people of her state could vote this election. The last presidential election many in her state did not get to vote and she knew that was wrong.

We need someone in Georgia who has a passion for making sure every person gets a chance to vote and that we have a paper trail to verify the votes.

I still have a long way in front of me as I can't see any room that we might be voting in. Only a sea of people ahead.

Kathy Kelly
Executive Director
MEGA Family Project
404-808-3350

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Secretary of State Suppressing the Vote?

It is Thursday morning and I am standing in a very long line to vote in Tucker, GA. It is freezing out here, so you have to admire the many people in line willing to wait what looks to be a couple of hours to vote. This is democracy at its best.

One has to wonder why on earth the Republican Secretary of State is not doing more to help people vote in a more expeditious manner.

In Florida, the Republican governor extended voting hours 4 hours each day. Can you imagine the people who will get to vote there who would not otherwise because they have jobs that don't allow them to stand in line for hours?

We are America, damn it. We have the technology and resources to make it easy for every person to vote.

I call on the Georgia Secretary of State and Governor Perdue to extend advanced voting hours and to put more voting machines in each location.

This is absurd that people are unable to vote in a country as great as America. This process seems closer to what I would expect in a less developed nation.

I sure hope politics aren't playing into these ridiculous decisions about voting in Georgia.

We deserve better, so we must demand better. Please join me in calling the Secretary of State's and Governor's offices to demand they do better.

Thanks,
Kathy Kelly
Executive Director
MEGA Family Project
404-808-3350

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