DEVELOPING: Early voting kicked off in Georgia on Monday with hours-long waits at some polling locations; election officials say there is record high turnout.
, home of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team, officials said a"glitch" delayed the start of voting by about 40 minutes.
Hawks CEO Steve Koonin told reporters,"We're getting very positive feedback" after the issue was resolved. "I did expect a long line, but I arrived 30 minutes before open, and I’m still waiting three hours later," one voter in line, Melissa McGuire, said in an interview."Many, many more people than normal," she added.
Studies show that race is one of the strongest predictors of how long a person waits in line to vote.
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