Voters in Georgia turned out to the polls in record numbers on Tuesday, casting more than 300,000 ballots on the first day of early voting, officials said.
Gabe Sterling, chief operating officer in Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office, said: post Social platform X reported that the Peach State had broken that record.
“With a record first day of early voting and accepted absentee voters, total votes cast exceed 328,000 to date,” Sterling wrote, adding that a record 136,000 people voted early. It was pointed out that it was established in 2020 when it was selected.
“Over 300,000 votes were cast today,” Sterling said. I wrote it in a separate article. “This is 123% higher than the previous record for the first day. Great job, county and voters.”
In 2020, President Biden narrowly defeated former President Trump and won the Peach State.
Vice President Harris and Trump are currently in a close race in Georgia, considered a battleground state in the current election cycle, with the former president trailing Harris, according to The Hill/Decision Desk Headquarters poll tally. 48.3% to 47%.
Raffensperger predicted record turnout early Tuesday, noting that the state has been working “overtime” to ensure early voting begins and absentee ballots are delivered as planned.
His comments came as Georgia and North Carolina are still recovering from Hurricane Helen, which caused severe damage across the battleground states and threatened to disrupt the voting process.
“If you think back to the situation we were in two and a half weeks ago, this is something to celebrate. So many people said, 'What's going to happen?' There is no way elections could start on time in Georgia,” Raffensberger said at a news conference, adding that early voting began on time in all 159 counties in the state.
A judge in the state also ruled late Tuesday that rules requiring hand-counting of ballots on election night would not go into effect before the November election.
