Heavy turnout and sporadic computer problems created long lines at some polling places in Georgia today. The campaign of Democrat Barack Obama said it is asking the state to keep at least one Atlanta precinct open late. At a precinct at one Atlanta residential building, voting was delayed when only one of five voting booths were working and election workers had to hand out 75 paper ballots. A campaign watchdog group said some computers being used to verify voter identifications as part of a new state law crashed earlier in the day. The Secretary of State's office said it dispatched staff and poll monitors to precincts that reported problems.
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