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a. primary chaos reveals an electoral system deeply flawed

In Georgia, primary election chaos highlights a voting system deeply flawed

Aired 06/22/2020

PBS News Hour

a. primary chaos reveals an electoral system deeply flawed

Clip: 6/22/2020 | 8mVideo has Closed Captions

In Georgia, primary election chaos highlights a voting system deeply flawed

Georgia experienced major problems with its voting processes during a primary election earlier in June. People waited in line up to eight hours to cast ballots, and poll workers struggled with new machines on which they hadn’t been trained due to the pandemic. What do Georgia’s election issues mean for other state primaries -- and for American democracy more broadly? Miles O’Brien reports.

Aired 06/22/2020

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