Tensions Over Voting Access Spill Over in Fulton County

FAIRBURN, GA — Republicans spent three weeks doing a victory lap about new state voting laws as Georgians broke records during early voting. But the honeymoon ended in Fulton County on Election Day.

A board of elections meeting devolved into a back-and-forth between board members and a raucous room of voters who had been turned away from their polling places.

“You’re suppressing our vote!” Diane Schindler yelled to the board from beyond the podium, the would-be voters shouting assent.