ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Friday, Nov. 1 marks Georgia’s last day of early voting in a 2024 presidential election that has already seen an unprecedented number of registered voters cast their ballots before an official election day.
On Tuesday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said more than 40% of all active voters — more than three million voters — had cast advance ballots.
Statewide, Raffensperger said reports of long lines were minimal, though there were some reports of voters waiting in line for more than 30 minutes from a few popular voting locations in metro areas. Early voting turnout is expected to increase during this final week of early voting.
By the end of the early voting period, Raffensperger’s office projects hitting just shy of four million early voters.
This past weekend was also the last set of optional Saturday voting in a state that will play a key role in electing either Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris the 47th president of the United States.
Trump is running to reclaim the Oval Office he lost to Democrat Joe Biden four years ago. If Trump wins, he will become the first former president to reclaim the White House since 19th century Democrat Grover Cleveland after losing a bid for reelection, along with becoming the first formerly twice-impeached president and the first-ever convicted felon elected president.
Harris is also seeking to make history by becoming the first woman and woman of color ever elected president. If she wins, Harris will also become the first major political party’s nominee ever elected to the White House who has never won any of her party’s state primary elections.
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