Thousands of Georgians cast blank ballots in Senate race

Voters prepare cast their vote in Georgia's run off election for Senate in Metro Atlanta, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Thousands of Georgia voters made an effort to vote in the U.S. Senate runoff and then decided to leave the only race on the ballot blank.

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office says 2,694 blank ballots were cast. That includes Georgians using voting machines and paper absentee ballots.

The most high-profile person to do this was outgoing Republican Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan.