Record Breaking Early In-Person Voting Continues: October 15 Evening Update

(Atlanta)-Georgia voters have turned out in record numbers to vote during the state’s gold-standard three weeks of early in-person voting. As the November 3 general election approaches, Georgia continues to break records in absentee by mail voting and early, in-person voting.

“Georgia is a leader in election access,” said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. “Notwithstanding the pandemic, voters in the Peach State can take advantage of no excuse absentee ballot voting by mail or through a secure drop box; three weeks of early, in-person voting; or Election Day voting.”

Ballots Cast As Of Close of Polls on October 15, 2020

Total Number of Early, In-Person Ballots Cast Today: 156,126

Total Number of Early, In-Person Ballots Cast: 540,013

Ballots Cast As Of Close of Polls on October 20, 2016

Total Number of Early, In-Person Ballots Cast on that Day: 95,570

Total Number of Early, In-Person Ballots Cast: 332,561

Percentage Increase Over 2016:

Percentage Increase in Total Early In-Person Turnout to Date: 62%

Georgia is recognized as a national leader in elections. It was the first state in the country to implement the trifecta of automatic voter registration, at least 16 days of early voting (which has been called the “gold standard”), and no-excuse absentee voting. Georgia continues to set records for voter turnout and election participation, seeing the largest increase in average turnout of any other state in the 2018 midterm election and record primary turnout in 2020, with over 1.1 million absentee by mail voters and over 1.2 million in-person voters utilizing Georgia’s new, secure, paper ballot voting system.