周一，格鲁吉亚超过12.8万人抵达投票站，亲自提前投票，打破了该州第一天提前投票的记录。
然而，选民的数量使得一些人要等六个小时才能投票。随着越来越多的州开始提前投票，渴望投票的选民排起了长队，等待带来的挫败感可能只会越来越多。
德克萨斯州的情况更是如此，在哈里斯县(该州人口最多，休斯顿的所在地)的第一天，超过12.8万选民出现在现场提前投票。
休斯顿选民克洛伊·诺曼德(Chloe Normand)表示:“我认为这只是表明每个人都准备好投票了，不希望自己的投票被压制。”
尽管德克萨斯州周二开始了面对面的提前投票，但州长一直在推动阻止选民在投票时有另一种选择。德克萨斯州州长格雷格·艾伯特在法庭上打架每个县只允许一个投票箱邮寄选票，这一举措可能会阻止一些选民决定整天排队亲自投票。雅培的决定赢得了选民压制的广泛主张，尽管他认为多个投递箱会造成投票混乱，人们可以按计划邮寄它们。
前佐治亚州代表、投票权活动家史黛西·艾布拉姆斯(Stacey Abrams)领导了反对压制选民的指控。2018年，她是民主党州长候选人，但在2009年输给了布莱恩·坎普指控中的激烈竞争当时的国务卿坎普压制了投票。
她声称选举故意变得复杂。
艾布拉姆斯在接受《今晚世界新闻》采访时说:“包括佐治亚州在内的全国各地都在为谁可以提前投票而争论不休。”“但我们知道，在全国范围内，提前投票将成为反对选民战争的下一个战场。”
A2017年联邦报告证实在最近两次总统选举中，11%关闭的投票区对有色人种选民的影响最大。艾布拉姆斯说，处理选举的系统的设计方式使得选民很难知道谁应该为出现的问题负责。
复杂的情况已经出现在加州此前，美国国务卿和司法部(Department of Justice)向该州共和党发出了停止令，此前该党承认在该州各地的地方政党办公室、候选人总部和教堂支持未经授权的投票箱。
“误导选民是错误的，不管是谁做的，”加州国务卿亚历克斯·帕迪拉在周一晚上的新闻发布会上说。"政党和竞选活动可以参与投票，但不能违反州法律。"
共和党人迄今拒绝移除未经授权的投票箱，称他们正在利用加州的自由选票收集法。
2020年10月13日，佐治亚州亚特兰大，参议员凯利·雷夫勒在排队等候投票。
对选举过程的不信任来自两党，尤其是唐纳德·特朗普总统继续错误地声称邮寄投票是一种欺诈。在第一次总统辩论中，特朗普告诉支持者，他也不信任这个过程。
“我敦促我的支持者去投票站仔细观察，因为这是必须发生的，”他说。
尽管有这些担忧和挫折，选民们强调，无论需要多长时间，投票都很重要。
“收起你的耐心，收起你的幽默感，”亚特兰大选民泰勒·雷纳戈说。“但保持兴奋。保持热情。”
Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams calls out 'voter suppression' during in-person early voting
More than 128,000 people in Georgia arrived at the polls Monday to cast an early vote in-person, smashing the state's record for a first day of early voter turnout.
The number of voters, however, left some waiting up to six hours to cast a ballot. As more states begin early voting, long lines of eager voters and the frustration that comes with waiting may only grow.
It was more of the same in Texas, where over 128,000 voters showed up on the first day of in-person early voting in Harris County -- the state's most-populous and the home of Houston.
"I think it just shows everyone's ready to vote and doesn't want their vote to be suppressed," said Houston voter Chloe Normand.
Voters line up to cast their election ballot at a Cobb County polling station in Marietta, Georgia, Oct. 13, 2020.
While in-person early voting began in Texas on Tuesday, the governor has pushed to stop voters from having another option when casting their ballots. Texas Gov. Greg Abbotthas fought in courtto only allow one drop-off box for mail-in votes per county, a move that might've prevented some voters from deciding to wait in line all day to vote in-person. The decision by Abbott has earned widespread claims of voter suppression, though he has argued multiple drop-off boxes would sow voting confusion and people can mail them in as intended.
Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia state representative, is leading the charge against voter suppression. In 2018, she was the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, but lost to Brian Kemp ina close race amid allegationsthat Kemp, then the secretary of state, suppressed votes.
She claimed thatelectionsare complicated on purpose.
"There have been battles being waged across the country, including in Georgia, about who has access to in-person early voting," Abrams told "World News Tonight." "But we know across the country [that] early voting is going to become the next front in the war against voters."
Voters line up to cast their election ballot at a Cobb County polling station in Marietta, Georgia, Oct. 13, 2020.
A2017 federal reportconfirmed that between the last two presidential elections, 11% of voting precincts that were closed affected voters of color the most. Abrams said the system that handles elections is designed in a way that makes it difficult for voters to know who to blame for issues that arise.
Complications are already cropping upin Californiaafter the secretary of state and Department of Justice sent a cease-and-desist order to the state Republican Party after it admitted to propping up unauthorized ballot drop boxes in local party offices, candidate headquarters and churches around the state.
"Misleading voters is wrong, regardless of who's doing it," California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said in a Monday evening news conference. "Political parties and campaigns can engage in get out the vote efforts, but they cannot violate state law."
Republicans have so far refused to remove the unauthorized ballot drop boxes, saying they are taking advantage of California's liberal ballot collection law.
Sen. Kelly Loeffler waits in line to vote early in Atlanta on October 13, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Distrust in the election process comes from both parties, especially as President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim that mail-in voting is a fraud. During the first presidential debate, Trump told supporters he doesn't trust the process either.
"I'm urging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully because that is what has to happen," he said.
Despite the concerns and the setbacks, voters emphasized that regardless of how long it might take, it's important to vote.
"Pack your patience, pack your sense of humor," said Atlanta voter Tyler Reinago. "But stay excited. Stay enthusiastic."
来源：https://abcnews.go.com/US/voting-rights-advocate-stacey-abrams-calls-voter-suppression/story?id=73598194&cid=clicksource_4380645_9_film_strip_icymi_hed
