"Metro encourages all eligible county residents to exercise their constitutional right to vote," the agency said in a statement. "By offering free rides on Election Day, Metro is doing its part to encourage voter turnout and make it easier for people to travel to and from local polling places."

As voters line up at the polls to cast their ballots, 11Alive is tracking wait times in some metro Atlanta counties.

It was a relatively quiet scene, at least compared to the mass disruption that plagued the same Detroit vote-counting operation in November 2020. Of course, that disruption four years ago erupted after polls closed when then-President Donald Trump,

Detroit police are working to keep Huntington Place safe and secure when election workers begin counting votes Tuesday night, after the chaos that followed the election back in 2020.