{"id":623798,"date":"2026-05-04T23:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/623798\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:27:08","slug":"record-breaking-turnout-as-early-voting-continues-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/623798\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking turnout as early voting continues in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the second week of early voting now underway, state officials said as of Monday at 11:30 a.m., more than 230,000 have already voted early.<\/p>\n

ATLANTA \u2014 Georgia voters began casting ballots<\/a> last week in key races for this election cycle.<\/p>\n

The Secretary of State’s Office said Georgia has so far seen record-breaking turnout and no lines during the first week of early voting. More than 214,000 Georgians cast ballots through the first seven days, compared to over 167,000 during the same period in 2022, marking a 28% increase.<\/p>\n

With the second week of early voting now underway, state officials said as of Monday at 11:30 a.m., more than 230,000 have voted early.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis record-breaking turnout is a testament to a strong election system, overseen by the best in the business – county election directors who are dedicated to serving their communities,\u201d said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. \u201cGeorgians know it\u2019s easy to vote and cast a ballot securely in the Peach State.\u201d<\/p>\n

Georgians are voting in primaries for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and several other statewide races. Congressional seats and a U.S. Senate race are also on the ballot.<\/p>\n

Early voting continues through May 15, with Election Day set for May 19. During early voting,\u00a0
Georgians are allowed to cast a ballot at any location within their county. However, on Election Day, Georgians will need to go to their assigned precinct.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To check voter information and sample ballots, visit the state’s My Voter Page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the second week of early voting now underway, state officials said as of Monday at 11:30 a.m.,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-623798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}