More than 850,000 Georgians cast a ballot in person or returned an absentee ballot in the days and weeks before last month’s primary election. That was more than double the number who voted early in Georgia’s primary two years ago and totaled about 44% of all the votes cast.
Republicans considered that record early voting turnout vindication for changes made to Georgia’s laws after the controversial 2020 election that President Joe Biden called “Jim Crow 2.0.” Democrats, with increased turnout over its 2018 gubernatorial primary, argued that voters turned out in spite of Georgia’s new law.
With the marquee races of governor and U.S. Senate settled in the primary, turnout is not expected to be nearly as high when voters return to the polls for a handful of runoff races this week. Plus, there are only five days of early voting in advance of the June 21 election. This time around, Democrats will see more on their ballot since no candidate won more than 50% of the vote in statewide races and Coastal Georgia’s U.S. House seat.Only two Southeast Georgia legislative races will be on the GOP ballot and since neither seat has a Democratic opponent, the winner of the runoff will be elected.Early voting in Georgia is also known as absentee in-person voting. No matter your assigned precinct, all registered voters go to their county’s elections office.
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