We are opening up regional lines this morning. If you are in the eastern or central time zone, your telephone number is 202 7488000. If youre in the mountain or pacific time zones, your telephone number is 202 7488001. We are opening up a special line for people who voted this year already in the 2020 primaries. If you voted in the primaries, your number is 202 7488002. Tell us what happened. You can keep in mind always text us at 202 7488003. We are always reading on social media on twitter and facebook. What happened in the georgia primary earlier this week has caused concern around the nation about what will happen for this fall election. And there is a story in politico that was written about what happened in the georgia primary. I will read this to you. Some voters and george are experiencing our long lines to cast ballots in todays primary, with official trading blame for who exactly is responsible for the latest trip up and holding an election during the pandemic. Since polls opened early on tuesday morning, voters in georgia, especially in and around atlanta have reported problems with Voting Machines and long lines, with some voters leaving without casting a ballot. This is a troubling sign for the swing states ability to handle a high turnout. We have received reports about long lines, pulling thats been open late, and broken machines. The Lawyers Committee maintains that the National Voter protection hotline was the Lawyers Committee maintains a National Voter protection hotline. Whats disturbing is that these problems appear widespread, not isolated. Appeared before Congress Later on to talk about what Election Security is for the house of ministry committee. Many states and local counties are simply unprepared to safely handle people voting in person. Several states have failed to provide requested bail and balance mailin ballots in times for votes to be cast. George is the poster child for this dysfunction and disenfranchisement of africanamerican voters, as it has been repeatedly. We were flooded with thousands of calls by way of our hotline. Particularly from black voters in georgia. Aboutints raised concerns long lines, some that went , sites openedt late, lastminute polling place changes, malfunctioning equipment, backup paper ballot shortages, and more. We also heard from voters who never received their absentee ballot, despite the election being delayed twice. We ensured that polling place hours were extended, so no eligible voter would be denied their fundamental right. And we advocated for extensions in several counties. To put it bluntly, this was one of the most chaotic elections we have ever seen. By ourhat was written next guest, who will come in and talk about what happened in georgia. Act from politico, a Campaign Reporter. Good morning. Guest good morning. Host can you claim to our audience about what happened in georgia for their primary earlier this week . Guest so what happened in georgia was a collapse and failure of the Election Administration system. Voters went to the poll on tuesday, to vote for statewide races, house races, the senate, places, and in some around atlanta especially, there has been absurdly long lines. Five to seven hours and some points. In some points. It was a complete collapse and we dont have answers as to why it happened. Plenty did not vote. Host what does the collapse in georgia tell us about what is possibly going to happen in november . Why were they not ready . What it tells us is that Election Administrators have to figure out a way to have in person voting in a pandemic. Georgia is far from alone in this situation with voters having to wait in incredibly long lines. If you think back to milwaukee and the wisconsin primary, they had long lines. Washington, d. C. Had incredibly probably in new york city in a couple of weeks. Nobody has figured out how to hold in person elections during a pandemic and thats a problem. A lot of states have encouraged to vote absentee and a lot of voters have taken advantage of that. But its a good way but theres no good way to have people vote in person. We have to train new poll workers and there are fewer polling places which makes lines much longer and its a huge problem. Taking anytake lessons from what they have seen from these primaries that have been held this year . Are they trying to maintain this are they hoping the best . Guest nobody is sitting on their hands, they are destroying to struggle to figure out with going on. A lot of states are encouraging voters to vote absentee, to mail in the ballot from the comfort of your home. Requesttes are mailing forms to voters, some are mailing ballots. But in person voting will happen and thats what the struggle has been. A lot of states are working to get poll workers for november. Thats a pressure point. When you vote, the poll worker is typically a senior or elderly person, the person most at risk for the virus. A lot of the poll workers are calling out so they have to replace those poll workers with new poll workers and train them. A lot of states are trying to find those new poll workers. Host did we see any delay in getting the results because of the pandemic . Or the increased number of absentee and mailin ballots . Guest that also happened in georgia. We did not get results until wednesday. Some races were called late on tuesday night, but most were not called until wednesday. That the reality in november, its entirely possible we go to bed on november 3 and we wake up next morning without knowing who the president is. Thats a reality we have to accept. Justs not a failure, its that with a lot of absentee ballots it takes a lot longer to count those votes. Every election administrator has warned me that this is a distinct possibility. Ont we dont know who wins november 3. Its not necessarily a bad thing, but its a big change and Election Officials need to properly set expectations with voters, the media, everyone, that this is possible. That we dont know who controls the senate, who won the house, or who the president is. Host will we see major changes in how americans vote before november . Or the three things we talked about, in person voting, absentee voting, mailin voting will be the three choices . Guest those are the three choices, every state will have in person voting, that doesnt go away. And mailin voting will be may be the predominant method that people take advantage of in november. Only about one and four use that. But even if states dont change their policies, there are Human Behavior changes. Lawsdont change election and over 60 of voters voted absentee in the mail. That is the future that most people, right now, with the option to vote absentee end by mail are taking that option. Expect to see more. Host a final question, do the election experts think that fewer people will show up to vote because of the problems and the pandemic . What are the predictions for the number of people who will vote in the midst of all of this this fall . Guest the answer is a big question mark. Look at georgia, it has historic problems, a long history of problems with voting and voting Voter Suppression. But a Record Number of people voted in the primary because a lot of people are taking advantage of absentee voting area if the vote by mail system works and is used at the rate we are seeing, it could be record turnout. If the system collapses and ends up failing, it could be low turnout. Zach, theant to thank Campaign Reporter for politico and the author of their morning score newsletter. Thank you. Guest thank you. Host President Trump has been advocating against increasing mailin voting, worried about the security. In fact he spoke again about it last month. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] tremendous controversy on mailin voting. The Republican Party cannot let it happen. Newsom has not sent ballots out to everyone in california, they are only going to registered voters area registered voters. Whenyour tweet said was not correct. It was wrong. Oh really. So when he sends out 28 million ballots in all of the mailboxes and kids rated the mailboxes and hand them out at the end of the street, which has happened, they grabbed the ballots, you dont think that happens . We had seven elections for congress, and they were tied and they lost every one of them because they dropped a whole pile of ballots on the table. You dont think they rip them out of mailboxes . You can read about it and they will do worse than that. In some cases they will not send them to a republican or conservative community. They do not send ballots to those communities and theres no way of checking. You have to go and vote. Voting is a great thing. We would be the laughing stock of the world. If you just use common sense you know that will happen. They raid the mailboxes and can even print ballots. They get the same paper in the same machine, nothing special. They get the same paper, the same machine, they bring talent ballots. State authorities would have to do a great job to catch them. You have tremendous potential for abuse and fraud. Host once again, lets not forget that the voting that went on in georgia this week is still coming in the midst of the pandemic with the coronavirus. Lets look at the statistics from Johns Hopkins university. Which record their maps which records and tracks the coronavirus cases. The United States is still leading, more than double the number of Coronavirus Infections in the world with more than 2 million infections for the coronavirus, and also leading in the number of deaths from the coronavirus with more than 114. Officials are worried about another problem, in several states of europe in several states, the coronavirus cases are still increasing in a lot of southern and western states, like South Carolina, alabama, arkansas, arizona. We see those numbers going up. So we want to know, if you are voting amid at pandemic in november. Lets go to the phone lines and see what our viewers think. From start with john, houston, texas. Good morning. Caller good morning. Concerned, this happens all the time in florida and in georgia and in houston. People have to wait for hours to it, and im sick of because we need to buy more machines and more voting locations. Im a 10th generation american, college graduate, 65yearold white man, and this happens every time. How me weeks for florida to get there how many weeks for florida to get there vote count back in 2000 . Electedrge bush jr. Got. These people need to start voting early. I cannot say it enough. I vote early every year. Go down and vote early. They have a couple of weeks to vote early. You have to vote early. Dont worry about mail and bat mail in ballots. If you are too sick to go in and vote personally sure, but go in and vote early. , fromlets talk to marvin philadelphia, pennsylvania. Good morning. Would i did not think it be a problem until i listened to your show. I think theres a big turnout, because i look at the way the and people come out really ignore the coronavirus. I think people will come out big , because the president ial election is really important for both sides and for both logics of political ideals. I think its going to be a big turnout no matter what. I think people will stand in line and do whatever they have to do, mail in, whatever. I think it will be a big turnout in the coronavirus wont affect it. Thank you. Host lets talk to daniel, from el cajon, california. Caller good morning. Heres my issue. Allow peoples that to deposit checks into their banks by taking a photo of it and sending it to their banks. How is it so outdated in the Voting System that you are not able to vote for your candidate. New lets go to ann, castle, pennsylvania. Good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Important,on is so and in the primaries, when we went to vote, we had our masks on. They supply pens, they had boxes of new pens that they used, also latex gloves, and you voted and then you left. To go andk we need vote, unless you have a medical problem and you cannot get out and vote, and use a mail in balance. But other than that, we need to get out and go vote because it is so important to do something about what is going on in our country. Host when you voted earlier this year, how long did you stand in line with your mask . Caller we didnt. We walked in and we were voting. But i will tell you, that in the fall it will be different. I know because the general election in the fall was always bigger. Especially this one. The factnow, sir, that they handed us a pen, the gloves were right there, we had our masks on, we went in and voted, it was just great. Host let me ask you another question, did the polling place provide the gloves or did you bring your own . Caller oh no, they provided them. They had a box sitting right there. And they said use them if you need them. If you feel you need them, use them. Everyone had a mask on. Everyone. Including my husband and i and everyone else. Host and i heard you say they provided pens, were you doing touchscreen voting or did you have to physically write and check the person you wanted to vote . Caller you had to darken in a circle. They handed you a brandnew pen. While they didnt handed to you, the box was there and they said here, pen, you can take it. The problem that everyone is creating about going to vote. Thats her godgiven right. Go vote. This week, former Vice President and democratic president ial candidate, joe biden, spoke with trevor noah on the daily show about his concern for the election. Heres what he had to say. [video clip] andou may have respect people coming out in many places to vote for you. But as we saw in georgia just yesterday, if those peoples votes are not counted and they dont get the opportunity to vote, your entire campaign may be moot. So what is the plan until november to make sure that people can vote . To make sure everybody, republican, democrat, black, white, has the opportunity to vote without being in a line for six hours . My greatest concern. My single greatest concern. This president will try to steal the election. This is the guy who said all mailin ballots are fraudulent. While he sits behind a desk in the oval office and writes his mailin ballot to vote in the primary. Who has had 23 states passing over 82 pieces of legislation making it harder for people to vote. Harder. Thats why we are putting together a Major Initiative of lawyers to go out and make sure we are in every district in the country to patrol this. If im president , and this is what worries them. Haveim president we will sameday registration. Host lets take a look at what our social media followers are saying about this election and their concern about the pandemic. Here is one tweet that says when you combine the pandemic along with republican governors and legislators that run red state, pushing the false claim of voter fraud is going to be difficult for many will make it difficult for many to cast a ballot in november. Another tweet says i have voted in the same place for 25 years and until 2016i was able to use paper ballots and it always took about 10 minutes. In 2016 we were forced to use easy Voting Machines and it took me over an hour just to wait to use one. It was crowded with a long wait. Says i pay bills by mail and get checks by mail and have had results delivered by mail. Why is voting by mail such a risk . Because more democrats will vote . And one says vote in person with voter id, its evolution, survival of the fittest, just like the streets. Tosa dems did tulsa in 1921, and doing it again nationwide area nationwide. Another says all states need to come to the 21st century, where early voting should be one to two weeks and mail and should be standard. Give everyone a chance to vote. Lets go back to our phone lines and see what you think about concerns and if you have any concerns about voting in november amid a possible pandemic. Lets go to eugene, from twin lakes, michigan. Good morning. Caller good morning. I go to texas for five months out of the year, down there you can vote if you have the address that you live in and a drivers license. You are registered when you get a drivers license. Across the border and they are not citizens of the United States and they are that provincial ballot and they can vote in any election they want to and they are not citizens. You said you are from michigan but your experience is voting in texas question mark texas . Caller i go to texas five months out of the year, but i vote in michigan. How do you know that its a United States citizen, they dont. They take the registration of the state, and when you get your drivers license, thats when you get your right to vote. Time in you spend michigan and you vote in michigan. Do they had that same concern in michigan about people coming across the north border up next to canada . The only ones who admitted that they were were the ones who came from canada that admitted they were not citizens and did not vote. Can you say that again . I did not understand exactly what you said. Caller the only ones that i know who came in from canada, admitted that they were not american citizens and did not vote. Host so you are saying there is a problem with the southern border but not with the northern order border . Caller i dont know if theres a problem because theres no way of knowing who is registered, because you register with your drivers license. You can apply in any place get a drivers license and you are registered to vote. Guest carnell is from lawrenceville, georgia. Caller good morning. Host how was your boating experience . What was your boating experience like . Caller i always vote, and i vote early. So i could get in and get out. Handicapped, so they let me go in and come out. Happened onsed what primary day. As you know, it was delayed twice. , the linesary day were terrible. I think this is by design. Its done on purpose to suppress the vote, because george is moving towards a more democratic state. And those in power, governors, the secretary of state do not want this, they devise a plan and they come in front of you on tv, trying to protect the vote thats howople vote, they make like, but in actuality they suppress the vote and enclose the polling places. Thats evident. They did this before the vir