Election security is a 'top concern': Atlanta mayor

(NewsNation) — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is focused connected ensuring Atlantans consciousness harmless arsenic they caput to the voting booth earlier Election Day.

While concerns linger astir the security of the election and those voting, Dickens told "Morning successful America Weekend" that is simply a apical precedence successful his city.

"Election information is simply a apical interest close now, the Atlanta constabulary section and Fulton County Police Department are moving manus successful manus to marque definite that each polling locations are harmless truthful that voters tin consciousness harmless arsenic they spell to the polls and permission the polls," Dickens said.

Given the heightened rhetoric successful American politics, determination are worries unit and unruliness could hap erstwhile the adjacent president is announced.

"We anticipation that individuals volition usage their champion communal consciousness to judge the results of the election, knowing that there's precise small fraud that volition occur, that this is going to beryllium a harmless and unafraid election, but we marque definite that you know, arsenic I speech to our constabulary main each azygous morning, we're going to bash what needs to beryllium done to support the radical of Atlanta safe," Dickens added.

According to Decision Desk HQ, former President Donald Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris by 2.2% successful the cardinal battleground authorities of Georgia.