Hat tip to a seemingly smooth election

Though it was a runoff election and ballots did not have nearly as many choices as those cast in the Primary Election, the Aug. 11 election appears on the surface to have had fewer glitches and shorter lines.

DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections, as well as several other county elections offices, were vehemently maligned during the primary elections for malfunctioning machinery, a shortage of poll workers and a plethora of other issues that kept many registered voters standing in lines until the wee hours of the following morning and delayed election results for days.

Though it appears the process in DeKalb County was much smoother than during the elections held March and May, it is vitally important that elections officials continue efforts to improve and quicken the process prior to what will undoubtedly be extremely high voter turnout for the November elections.

Hopefully, by November, coronavirus rates will have decreased and mail service will have improved. We need every aspect of voting—from in-person to mail-in—to function at the highest possible levels of efficiency if we are to avoid accusations of wrongdoings and fraud. Elections offices have just more than two months to address any concerns with ballots and the process of voting.

Time is of the essence and our collective futures are at stake.