Georgia’s top elections official said Wednesday that turnout at the polls in 2020 could top the previous presidential election by more than 1 million voters.
“We’re all going to be busy in November,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told more than 700 local election officials attending a conference in Savannah. “But I think we’re going to be busy well before that getting ready. This will be a historic turnout.”
Raffensperger’s prediction comes as Georgia rushes to meet a court-ordered deadline to retire its outdated, paperless voting system before any ballots are cast in 2020.
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