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Georgia voters shatter early first-day turnout record in battleground state
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Georgia voters shattered turnout records Tuesday on the first day of advanced voting for next month's election in the battleground state, according to Georgia secretary of state officials.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said he expects a "record-breaker" for day one of early voting, which opened Tuesday in the Peach State, despite Hurricane Helene.
A record number of early votes have been cast in Georgia on Tuesday as residents headed to the polls in a critical battleground state that is grappling with the fallout from Hurricane Helene and controversial election administration changes that have spurred a flurry of lawsuits.
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Georgia voters shattered turnout records Tuesday on the first day of advanced voting for next month's election in the battleground state, according to Georgia secretary of state officials.
Georgia voters took to the polls in record numbers Tuesday, casting more than 300,000 ballots on the first day of early voting, according to officials.
Roughly a quarter of a million voters in Georgia — one of the seven swing states which could determine the presidential election — turned out on the first day of in-person voting, three weeks before the nationwide poll.