Georgia breaks record for early voting in a midterm election – WABE

Georgia breaks record for early voting in a midterm election  WABE

Georgia voters broke the state’s record for early in-person voting in a midterm election on Thursday, crossing the 2.3 million mark set four years ago. Georgia voters broke the state’s record for early in-person voting in a midterm election on Thursday, crossing the 2.3 million mark set four years ago. The milestone came as early voting nears its end on Friday. The state is also well on its way to breaking the record for overall early voting in a Georgia midterm election — that’s in-person plus absentee voting. That record of 2.5 million votes was set in 2022. Over 30% of Georgia’s 7.5 million active voters have turned out so far as of Thursday afternoon.

White voters account for about half of the turnout, followed by Black voters at about 30%, Hispanic voters at about 3%, and Asian voters at about 2%. There is a marked difference in early voting turnout by gender, with women accounting for 56% of the vote compared to men at 44%. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger celebrated the state’s record-breaking pace on Thursday. “Georgians continue to head to the polls in record numbers because they trust the system,” he said in a press release. “This record-breaking in-person early voting turnout wouldn’t be possible without our county elections officials who work every day to ensure