Elections officials get a breather this weekend after busy wrap-up to early voting

After a record-breaking three weeks of early voting, elections officials in Georgia's 159 counties have a few days to breathe before Tuesday's General Election.

More than 2.07 million Georgia voters cast ballots between Oct. 15, 2018 and Nov. 2, 2018, according to the website GeorgiaVotes.com. That's compared to the almost 939,000 who voted early in 2014. The increase is more than 120-percent.

In Hall County, the final day of early voting meant long waits for those who wanted to cast a ballot before Tuesday. At the end of the day, the wait was at least two hours, according to poll workers at the Hall County Government Center.

Registration Coordinator Terenda Sargent said 1,926 people cast early ballots on Friday, bringing the early voting total for Hall County to 27,272. That represents just over 22.5-percent of Hall County's registered voters.

Early voting is now over, and the final opportunity to cast a ballot will be Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters will need to report to their assigned precincts to vote on Tuesday. 

At 3 p.m. Friday, Hall County voters were told the wait to cast an advance ballot was at least two hours.

Lines of voters are visible from outside of the Hall County Government Center on Browns Bridge Road in Gainesville.

Parking spaces at the Hall County Government Center were at a premium Friday afternoon. Some voters opted for double-parking or parking on the grass to avoid a long walk to the voting booth.

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