--- title: Voters in Georgia, Connecticut and Maine Face Problems description: Voters in several states faced roadblocks ranging from crashing websites to actual blocked roads. canonical: https://time.com/3556828/voting-rights-ballot-problems/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-04T19:27:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:13:11.476Z article:section: Politics og:title: Voters in Georgia, Connecticut and Maine Face Problems og:description: Voters in several states faced roadblocks ranging from crashing websites to actual blocked roads. og:url: https://time.com/3556828/voting-rights-ballot-problems/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9edeeb2b6b6d63ff/69875f5aa988ca13b76a9a69/north-carolina1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: A voter displays their "I Voted" sticker on their lapel after voting as others wait in line for the first day of Early Voting on October 18, 2012 in Wilson, North Carolina. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Voters in Georgia, Connecticut and Maine Face Problems twitter:description: Voters in several states faced roadblocks ranging from crashing websites to actual blocked roads. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9edeeb2b6b6d63ff/69875f5aa988ca13b76a9a69/north-carolina1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Voters in Georgia, Connecticut and Maine Face Problems > Sponsored content. 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A voter displays an "I Voted" sticker on her lapel after voting as others wait in line for the first day of early voting on Oct. 18, 2012, in Wilson, N.C. Sara D. Davis—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 4, 2014 7:27 PM UTC Voters in several states faced roadblocks ranging from crashing websites to actual blocked roads. • In Georgia, a [website](http://www.wfxl.com/news/story.aspx?id=1118329#.VFkSgj46Up9) designed to make the voting process easier crashed on early Tuesday. It has since been [fixed](http://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/LoginPage.aspx), but the crash didn’t sit well with voting rights activists. • In Connecticut, Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy, in a close reelection fight, [filed for an extension](http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Malloy-Campaign-to-Ask-for-Voting-Extension-281455491.html) of the voting hours after a number of issues at polling stations were reported early Tuesday. • A surprise early snowstorm in Maine left tens of thousands without power and a handful of towns scrambling to [move polling places](http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/11/03/thousands-still-in-the-dark/) at the last minute as a result. Though every Election Day sees some problems, voting rights activists were watching carefully as the first national elections took place since the Supreme Court overturned parts of the Voting Rights Act, freeing states to enact new restrictions. “With so many hotly contested races on the line, it’s disappointing and dismaying to see that eligible Georgia voters are waking up to find one more roadblock on their path to full democratic participation today,” said Rashad Robinson, the executive director of New York-based civil rights organization ColorofChange.org in a statement. The problems even affected rapper Lil Jon, who cut a popular online video urging young people to [“turn out for what.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rijpU5yD55I) In a tweet, he said that he never received an absentee ballot. > [](https://twitter.com/LilJon/status/529632262028288000) New York University Law School’s [Brennan Center for Justice](http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/voter-id-law-turns-away-texans) has been tracking Texans who’ve been turned away from the polls for lacking ID throughout the election. Some of those who’ve been turned away include a 70-year-old Las Vegas transplant who was told her out-of-state ID wasn’t one of the seven forms of identification accepted at the polls. Throughout the day, poll monitors and hotline workers will be on hand in several states keeping an eye out for issues facing voters. The national Election Protection Hotline had already received 9,027 calls by noon Tuesday, the bulk of which came from Florida and Georgia. The Department of Justice has also dispatched poll monitors in 18 states to “ensure that every voter can cast his or her ballot free of intimidation, discrimination, or obstruction.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3556828/voting-rights-ballot-problems/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3556828/voting-rights-ballot-problems/"},"headline":"Voters in Georgia, Connecticut and Maine Face Problems","datePublished":"2014-11-04T19:27:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:13:11.476Z","description":"Voting rights activists wary of problems at polling places","url":"https://time.com/3556828/voting-rights-ballot-problems/","keywords":["2014 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9edeeb2b6b6d63ff/69875f5aa988ca13b76a9a69/north-carolina1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9edeeb2b6b6d63ff/69875f5aa988ca13b76a9a69/north-carolina1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A voter displays their \"I Voted\" sticker on their lapel after voting as others wait in line for the first day of Early Voting on October 18, 2012 in Wilson, North Carolina.","caption":"A voter displays their \"I Voted\" sticker on their lapel after voting as others wait in line for the first day of Early Voting on October 18, 2012 in Wilson, North Carolina.","creditText":"Sara D. 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