A record number of Georgia voters have cast early ballots in person for a midterm election, surpassing one million on Tuesday, October 20. By noon Tuesday, 1,007,015 voters had cast a ballot in person ahead of the November 3 election, according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office, whose news listing announced: 'Georgia Surpasses One Million Early Votes.'

Source: Georgia Secretary of State

That in-person figure was up by more than 12% from the 894,412 who had voted early in person by the same point in the run-up to the 2022 general election, Capitol Beat News Service reported via James Magazine. Including the 48,916 absentee ballots accepted, total turnout was 1,055,931 at the noon reporting point.

Source: Capitol Beat News Service via James Magazine

By the close of polls on Tuesday, overall turnout had reached 15.8% of Georgia's 7.5 million active registered voters, Now Georgia reported, adding that in-person early voting across the state was running more than 12% ahead of the same point in 2022. Across 18 Northeast Georgia counties, about 98,000 people had cast ballots by Tuesday evening, 15.1% of that region's nearly 648,000 active registered voters; Towns County led in percentage at 25.3%, while Hall County recorded the most ballots, with 23,000.

Source: Now Georgia

'We continue to break records each day of early voting,' Raffensperger said. 'This is evidence that Georgians trust our election process. The strong turnout reflects the work our 159 county election officials do to make our elections free, fair, and fast.' Early voting in Georgia began on October 13 and continues through October 30, ahead of the November 3 general election.

It is not possible to tell from the turnout figures which party is benefiting, because Georgia does not register voters by party, the reporting noted. The figures measure participation only; the ballots themselves remain secret until they are counted.