With less than two weeks remaining before the Nov. 3 election, the Hall County elections office has already begun processing absentee ballots, although the process for verifying some ballots has been slowed down due to the effects of a ransomware attack on county networks.
How Hall County is handling influx of absentee voting, effects of ransomware attack on elections office
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