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RandySF

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Sat May 16, 2026, 09:51 PM 23 hrs ago

Georgia voters top 1M in early voting turnout, breaking the record for a primary election [View all]

Georgia voters broke a turnout record for early voting in a primary election on the final day of early voting, and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is concerned about the Democratic turnout advantage.

About 1 million people turned out for early voting as polls closed Friday, according to the Georgia secretary of state’s office. The previous record for early voting in a Georgia primary was about 857,000 in 2022.

And Democrats have flipped the script on Republicans this year compared to the early voting period in the 2022 primary...

This year, Democrats have a 15 percentage point turnout advantage over Republicans, with about 580,000 voters pulling Democratic ballots and 430,000 pulling Republican ones. Some 16,000 voters chose a nonpartisan ballot.



https://www.wabe.org/georgia-voters-break-the-record-for-early-voting-turnout-in-a-primary-election/

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