Officials extend voting hours at some sites following delays
Isolated voting delays at several polling places around the country have prompted local officials to seek voting-hour extensions, which typically happens during every election cycle.
Among those sites whose hours have been extended are the following:
Cobb County, Georgia (20 minutes)
A judge granted Cobb County's request to keep two polling locations open an additional 20 minutes until 7:20 p.m. ET because of delayed openings due to "equipment issues," the county said in a statement.
Gwinnett County, Georgia (58 minutes)
A judge granted Gwinnett County's request to keep two polling locations open for an additional 58 minutes until 7:58 p.m. ET due to a security threat prompted a temporary evacuation earlier today.
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (90 minutes)
A judge granted Luzerne County's request to extend voting for 90 minutes until 9:30 p.m. ET after one polling location in Laflin opened late.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania (2 hours)
A Pennsylvania judge ordered voting hours to be extended for two hours in Cambria County after scanners there were not able to read ballot markings and tabulate votes.
Wilson County and Burke County, North Carolina (30 minutes)
The North Carolina State Board of Elections approved extending the voting hours by 30 minutes at two precincts after both opened late this morning due to technical issues.
Fulton County, Georgia (various)
Due to threats today that required brief evacuation of five different polling locations, the Superior Court of Fulton County issued a ruling this afternoon allowing extension of voting hours at the Etris Darnell Community Center until 7:45 p.m. ET, C.H. Gullatt Elementary School until 7:15 p.m. ET, Southwest Arts Center until 7:43 p.m. ET, Northwood Elementary School until 7:45 p.m. ET and Lake Forest Elementary School until 7:10 p.m. ET
