WMAZ: Absentee ballot delays creating problems for elderly, disabled voters in Georgia

Maggie Fitzgerald of WMAZ reports on how delays in delivering absentee ballots is disenfranchising elderly and disabled voters.

This afternoon, Georgia crossed the threshold of more than 3 million ballots cast.

But as Georgia voters show up in big numbers, there are still some voters waiting to be part of that early push.

Carlyle Place residents Harley and Ann Meia have been married for 54 years and have lived at the Macon retirement community for the past 12.
But this year, their mailbox is turning up empty.

“What can you do about basically being disenfranchised? There’s nothing that can be done,” Ann said. “If I could help the problem, which is a bigger one than just the election, [it’s] the post office. I would push him to Northway, that’s our polling place.”

Wheeling to the polls is not an option she thought they would ever consider, but Ann says she has a hard time helping her husband in and out of the car. They filled out the paperwork in August and called the elections office to follow up.

Read more at WMAZ.