Georgia's top election official believes half of the state's voters will have already cast their ballots by Election Day.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told Fox News Digital late Tuesday afternoon that more than 1 in 4 of the state's residents had voted at that time.
“It's huge. Almost every day is a record-breaker,” he told Fox News Digital. “If you look at the turnout from day to day…we'll probably have close to 4 million early voters by the end of next Friday.”
“I think this is a sign that voters trust our system here in Georgia,” he said.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger spoke to FOX News Digital about early voting in the state. (Getty Images)
As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 2 million people in Georgia had cast early or absentee ballots.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump's campaigns have both spent significant time and resources in Georgia, where the former president lost less than 1% in 2020.
Early voting there will take place from October 15th to November 1st.
Raffensperger's interview came about an hour before the Georgia Supreme Court ruled against a Republican proposal to reinstate a series of new ballot security measures ahead of Election Day. I was disappointed.
The six rules include a requirement that all machine-counted ballots undergo a hand count by county staff to ensure the totals match, and a requirement that all ballots placed in drop boxes with video surveillance include It included a provision that only submitted ballots would be counted.
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Supporters of the bill, including Republican officials, argued it was a necessary guardrail to ensure voter confidence.
Democrats have accused the rules of trying to sow doubt and confusion in what is expected to be a close election in Georgia.
But Raffensperger was one of several Republican state and county officials who opposed the rule.
“I think it's going to create a really big problem at this point, because all of the poll workers are trained in a system that's in place in close compliance with state law,” Raffensperger told Fox News Digital. Because there is.”
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He pointed to the Purcell principle, a precedent established by the Supreme Court that states courts cannot change election rules too close to an election.
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“Well, we're two and a half weeks away from Election Day. It's way too late considering how close we are to Election Day,” he said.
The Georgia Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the Republican National Committee's appeal in the case, but denied a request for an early decision, leaving an earlier ruling calling the measure “unlawful, unconstitutional, and void” until Election Day in November. It will remain as is. 5.
