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Early Voting Snarled in US State of Georgia

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - Early voting in the U.S. presidential election in the
   southern state of Georgia was snarled for a couple hours Monday before
   the electronic pollbooks were fixed and voting resumed.

   Hundreds of voters showed up on the state's first day of early
   balloting three weeks ahead of the national Election Day on Nov. 3 to
   determine the contest between Republican President Donald Trump and his
   Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, and races for
   seats representing the state in Congress.

   Early voting has now started in 40 of the 50 U.S. states and election
   officials say more than 7.3 million people have cast ballots, an
   indication of widespread interest in the Trump-Biden contest for a new
   four-year term in the White House.

   In Atlanta, the Georgia capital and the state's biggest city, some
   voters showed up before dawn to be among the first in line.

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