hr local coverage, wxia's hope ford is just outside atlanta. hi, hope >> reporter: people in this line have been waiting for about two comparison to some of th hours to vote, which is short in comparison to some of the wait times we have seen both yesterday and today. the polls actually just closed w that means these people will get a chance to vote, but people who are still showing up, they will have to come back tomorrow we have seen continuously throughout georgia, the long wait times today people became more prepared this time they had chairs, books, a neighy started lining up at 4:00 a.m. to have a chance umbrellas. people in a neighboring county started lining up at 4:00 a.m. to have a chance to vote we've still had technical issues today that we saw also yesterday as well. we actually also found out that people have been cancelling their absentee ballots to show up to vote in person, because they don't trust the mail-in process here in georgia.n georg. we just found out, talking to the elections director in gwin we just found out, talkin

more we're happy to welcome to the broadcast, hope ford, a reporter with our nbc station in atlanta, wxiahope, i'm actually looking forward to hearing from you. i know the polling place behind you just closed, and you've been there all afternoon and evening. what on earth do public officials say about 11-hour long lines to vote in georgia? >> reporter: well, really the georgia secretary of state's office is chalking everything up to historic interest in the election. and they're kind of leaving it at that, as voter enthusiasm is the reason for the long lines. the office has not addressed any of the individual voter claims. nor have they addressed any of the issues that happened at some of the precincts like mechanical issues. instead they're really just saying people were really excited to come out and vote today. >> and what -- i'm just trying to get my arms around this. in voter enthusiasm you would think would translate to the secretary of state as a warning to redouble their efforts and do everything possible on the part of government to make voting accessible and fast. are they still

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person early on monday that's a 41% increase over the first day back in 2016 local coverage now, wxia's hope ford live at a polling precinct in duluth just outside atlanta hi, hope >> reporter: people in this line have been waiting for about two hours to vote, which is short in comparison to some of the wait times we have seen both yesterday and today. the polls actually just closed that means all these people right here will still get a chance to vote, but people who are still showing up as we see, there are a couple people still showing up, we will have to come back tomorrow. and we have seen that continuously throughout georgia. those long wait times today. people came a little bit more prepared this time they had chairs, they had books, they had umbrellas people in a neighboring county, they started lining up at 4:00 a.m. to make sure they had a chance to do what they really waited all year to do, which is vote now, we have still had some of those technical issues today that we saw also yesterday as well there have been technical issues we actually also found out that people have be