On the inaugural day of early voting in Georgia, over 300,000 ballots were reportedly cast by voters, a record-breaking figure, according to officials.
In a post on the social media platform X, Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer of the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R), disclosed that the Peach State had broken its previous record.
“With the record-breaking 1st day of early voting and accepted absentees we have had over 328,000 total votes cast so far,” Sterling wrote, then going on to notehat the previous record was set in 2020 when 136,000 voted early in the state.
In 2020, President Biden emerged victorious in the Peach State, defeating former President Trump by a razor-thin margin.
Vice President Harris and Trump are currently engaged in a close race in Georgia, which is considered a battleground in the current election cycle.
Harris is currently trailing Trump by 48.3 percent to 47 percent.
Raffensperger had anticipated the record turnout earlier in the day, stating that the state had labored “overtime” to ensure that early voting could commence and absentee ballots would be delivered as planned, despite the damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
Helene threatened to disrupt the voting process by leaving devastation in portions of North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia.
A judge in the state also declared late Tuesday that a rule mandating a hand-count of ballots on election night will not be implemented prior to the November contest.
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