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Joan E Greve

Record early voting in runoff for Georgia Senate seat

Raphael Warnock campaigns in Decatur, Georgia on Sunday.
Raphael Warnock campaigns in Decatur, Georgia, on Sunday. Photograph: Justin Kase Photography/Rex/Shutterstock

The number of people casting early ballots in the runoff election for one of Georgia’s seats in the US Senate has already broken records since the process began on the weekend, with some counties posting staggeringly long wait times at early voting sites during the first days of early voting.

Reports on Monday’s turnout varied from more than 250,000 voters to more than 300,000 on the first day of statewide early operation of the polls. Some counties began earlier.

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