Georgians break 1 million votes during early in-person voting for 2024 election

People leave after voting in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs. A sign saying Early Voting available Here stands in the foreground.
People leave after voting in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Ga., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, the first day of early in-person voting in Georgia. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Voters in the battleground state of Georgia have now cast more than 1 million ballots in the 2024 general election as of Friday, according to the secretary of state’s office.

As of 1:32 p.m., the state has accepted and counted more than 1 million early in-person votes and more than 50,000 absentee ballots.

On Tuesday, voters broke the record set in 2020 for the most number of ballots cast during the first day of early in-person voting in Georgia after more than 300,000 voters turned up to the polls.