More Than A Million Have Already Voted In GA Elections

ATLANTA, GA -- More than 1 million people have already voted in Georgia's nationally watched elections, including America's most watched governor's race. According to figures released Monday by the Georgia Secretary of State, 1,188,634 ballots have been cast, with 1,052,622 cast in person at early voting locations throughout the state. Georgia has more than 7,000,000 registered voters – an all-time record – eligible to take part in this November’s election.

Early voting ends Friday, Nov. 2, in the midterms, an election in which Stacey Abrams is seeking to become the nation's first African-American female governor in history. Republican Brian Kemp is aiming to maintain the GOP's stronghold on the office that it's enjoyed since 2002. National Democrats also hope that Georgia will become a swing state, as the nation's midterm elections are widely being seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump's White House administration.

Here's how many people have voted so far in metro Atlanta's Patch-covered counties:

FULTON 152,963
GWINNETT 89,677
DEKALB 81,419
COBB 46,371
FORSYTH 24,543
PAULDING 23,228
CHEROKEE 20,364
HALL 18,178
DOUGLAS 13,048
CLARKE 10,057
BARROW 8,349
OCONEE 8,333
BARTOW 8,182

On Monday, Fulton County election officials said its early voting numbers are set to break a previous record.

Every recent poll has shown the race between Kemp and Abrams to be a virtual tie, with neither candidate polling at or above 50 percent in order to avoid a December runoff. Kemp is also Georgia's secretary of state, and on Monday, former President Jimmy Carter urged Kemp to resign his office before next Tuesday's election.

See Also: Former President Carter Urges Brian Kemp to Resign

From now until Election Day, your local Patch will be offering the most comprehensive and thorough election coverage of the governor's race and all of the other local races, issues and referendums that matter to you.

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