Voters in midterms experiencing long queues and malfunctioning machines

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Long queues and malfunctioning machines marred the first hours of voting in some precincts across the US&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Some of the biggest problems today were in Georgia&comma; a state with a hotly contested gubernatorial election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Voters reported waiting up to three hours to vote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At a polling place in Snellville&comma; Georgia&comma; more than 100 people took turns sitting in children’s chairs and on the floor as they waited for hours&period; Voter Ontaria Woods said about two dozen people who had come to vote left because of the queues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At a poll site in Atlanta&comma; voters waited in the rain in long lines that stretched around the building&period; Hannah Ackermann said officials at the polling site offered various explanations for the delay&comma; including blaming workers who did not show up and overloaded machines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;120176" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-120176" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;E3EBAE0D-7474-4539-A4AB-509A394BB021&period;jpeg"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;11&sol;E3EBAE0D-7474-4539-A4AB-509A394BB021&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"413" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-120176" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-120176" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Voters make their choice in Atlanta<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Democrat Stacey Abrams will be the first black female US state governor if she is elected in Georgia in a tight race with Brian Kemp who is the Republican candidate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>President Donald Trump and vice-president Mike Pence campaigned for Mr Kemp while former president Barack Obama and talk show host Oprah Winfrey were among those to join Ms Adams on the campaign trail&period; 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