Early voter turnout for Georgia’s 2022 midterm elections is continuing to break records.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger issued a statement Saturday morning and said 1,389,200 voters have cast a ballot during the 12 early voting days so far. In comparison, 922,568 ballots were cast through the same day during the 2018 midterm elections.
Early voting for the 2022 midterm elections is only slightly behind early voting for the 2020 presidential election, which saw 1,643,428 cast.
Turnout on Friday, October 28 was 36 percent higher than day 12 of early voting in 2018.
“One in five active voters have already gotten their vote in, and we will hit the 2-million-mark next week," Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a release. “The strength of our voter registration system and our county election directors are on full display.”
Voters are returning absentee ballots at a quicker pace, too. As of Friday, 144,394 ballots have been returned to county election offices. Only 899 ballots have been rejected, but these voters have received notices that explain how to cure any discrepancy.
Raffensperger expects turnout for early voting to increase during the last week of early voting.
To find Early Voting locations and hours in your county, visit the Secretary of State’s My Voter Page.
