Thousands of voters in Georgia participating in Tuesdays primary elections have experienced major delays, with reports of long lines and defective voting machines across the state, including in Atlanta, the states majority-Black, most populous city.

Georgia is one of five states holding primary elections Tuesday, along with North Dakota, South Dakota, South Carolina and Nevada. States continue to hold in-person elections amid the coronavirus pandemic, even as voting rights activists and several Democrats in Congress push for more federal investment in mail-in voting.

Georgia, in particular, has been roiled by a fight over access to voting during the pandemic. In April, the states Republican House leader, David Ralston, publicly denounced the Republican secretary of state for sending applications for absentee ballots to registered voters ahead of Tuesdays primary, which was postponed from its original May 19 date due to the pandemic. Ralston claimed mail-in voting is devastating to Republicans .