(The Guardian) Record early voting in Georgia Senate seat runoff
The number of people casting their ballots during early voting in the run-off election for one of Georgia’s seats in the US Senate is already on its way to half a million since the process got under way at the weekend.
Monday saw a record turnout, with reports varying from more than 250,000 voters to in excess of 300,000 people voting on the first day of state-wide early operation of the polls (some counties began earlier). Incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker are neck-and-neck ahead of the election on 6 December.
Deputy secretary of state Gabriel Sterling said it was the largest in-person early voting day in Georgia history.
Neither candidate got above the 50% threshold in the midterm elections earlier this month and under Georgia rules the fierce race went to a runoff.
The number of people casting their ballots during early voting in the run-off election for one of Georgia’s seats in the US Senate is already on its way to half a million since the process got under way at the weekend.
Monday saw a record turnout, with reports varying from more than 250,000 voters to in excess of 300,000 people voting on the first day of state-wide early operation of the polls (some counties began earlier). Incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker are neck-and-neck ahead of the election on 6 December.
Deputy secretary of state Gabriel Sterling said it was the largest in-person early voting day in Georgia history.
Neither candidate got above the 50% threshold in the midterm elections earlier this month and under Georgia rules the fierce race went to a runoff.
