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Last day for early voting for runoff voting; lawsuit filed against the state ahead of November

ATLANTA — Today is your last chance to vote early in Georgia’s runoff election.

And to avoid any future long line issues, such as what we saw during the primary in June, lawmakers are suing the state so that we don’t see any repeats of it.

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Channel 2 Action News was there in June when lines of voters snaked around polling places and many had to wait for hours just to cast their ballot.

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Atlanta resident Nick Juliano said for a decade he's voted at the same place. But without him knowing, on June 9, his precinct was moved. When he got to the new location, he said the lines were four to five blocks long

“It took over 4 hours for me to get through,” Juliano said.

Juliano said the letter from voting officials told him his original polling place had closed. But it came in the mail weeks after the election.

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On Thursday, the Democratic Party of Georgia filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State for what they called the complete meltdown of the primary election. They're demanding more voting polls on election day and better training for workers.

Members of the black clergy are offering up churches across Georgia as early voting locations for the November general election. It's what the Atlanta Hawks organization is doing for the Aug. 11 run-off.

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“We felt the best way for us to contribute to change in our community was to vote,” said Hawks CEO Steve Koonin.

Koonin said there will be 100 voting machines and 120 Hawks employees working with election officials.

“There was a real need here. You look around this building, we’re 700,000 square feet, compare that to a library,” Koonin said.

Regarding the lawsuit, the Secretary of State’s Office said the same people suing him, are the same people who opposed his legislation to add more polling places during the legislative session.