Overview
- State elections officials report early voting is underway statewide and running smoothly with very short wait times, according to State Elections Director Blake Evans.
- The Georgia Secretary of State's Office shows about 143,871 ballots have been cast so far, including more than 128,000 in-person early votes and 6,916 absentee ballots.
- Those early ballots represent roughly 2% of Georgia's roughly 7.36 million active registered voters, a sharp drop from the 28.2% turnout in the May primary.
- High-profile Republican runoffs for governor (Lt. Gov. Burt Jones vs. Rick Jackson) and U.S. Senate (Rep. Mike Collins vs. Derek Dooley) remain undecided alongside multiple down-ballot statewide contests that will set November nominees.
- A separate special election to fill the late Rep. David Scott's seat in the 13th District is set for July 28 with six qualified candidates, and campaigns face a compressed calendar to mobilize voters before the June 16 runoffs.