Georgia voters break ballot record for first day of early voting

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October 15th, 2024

People line up around the building at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer branch of the Dekalb County Public Library on the first day of early voting.
People line up around the building at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer branch of the Dekalb County Public Library on the first day of early voting in Georgia on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

This story was updated at 7:28 p.m.

Georgia voters broke the record for the number of ballots cast during the first day of early voting.

By 1 p.m. Tuesday, Georgia voters had already broken the previous record of 136,000 ballots cast during the first day of early voting in 2020, according to Georgia Secretary of State’s Office Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling.

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