Georgia voters more than double first-day record for early voting [View all]

Georgia voters shattered a first-day record for early voting Tuesday as the state prepared to play a critical role in the hotly contested presidential election.

By late afternoon, more than 281,000 Georgia voters had already cast ballots, far more than the 136,000 voters who cast ballots on the first day of early voting in 2020 and the 134,000 who voted on the same day in 2022.

The big turnout came as former President Donald Trump visited Georgia on Tuesday for a rally and a town hall meeting and as Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to visit later this week. Polls show the race deadlocked in Georgia and other swing states, and many voters grasped the significance of their ballots.

DeKalb County resident Denise Holliday said she waited about two hours to vote for Harris.

“This election is critical to the democracy of our country,” Holliday said. “I’m still traumatized by Trump’s last presidency.”



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