Georgia has continued to smash early voting records this election cycle despite an uproar over its election reform law last year that critics denounced as voter suppression.
So far, over 539,297 ballots have been cast from the start of the primary through Tuesday, marking a 196% increase from the same time period during the 2018 primary election and a 156% increase from the 2020 primary, according to the office of the Georgia secretary of state.“The record early voting turnout is a testament to the security of the voting system and the hard work of our county election officials,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.
The recent numbers continue a trend of surging early votes in the Peach State. On the first day of primary voting in Georgia, the state tripled the number of early ballots cast compared to 2018 and doubled the total achieved in 2020. Early voting is also expected to rise further in the state as voters take advantage of the process in the final days before Tuesday's primary election, Raffensperger said.
Against the backdrop of Trump's claims about the election and concerns about election procedures that were adjusted during the pandemic, Georgia passed the Election Integrity Act of 2021, which included a bevy of reforms such as standardizing rules for early voting to include a 17-day window for ballots to be cast early. Democrats such as Biden chastised the measure, contending it amounted to voter suppression.
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