Secure the Vote Georgia

Georgia, we are in the final stretch! Early voting for the 2022 midterm election starts in 10 days! Voters can cast their ballot during 17 DAYS of early voting, including two optional Sundays in some counties. My Voter Page is the best resource for up-to-date information on voter registration, polling locations, and all the ways you can cast your vote safely and securely in Georgia. Make a plan, go vote, and be heard! Visit mvp.sos.ga.gov for more information.

**Record Breaking** Early In-Person Voting Continues: October 17, Noon Update

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 noon on October 17, 2020

Total Number of Ballots Cast: 1,373,208

Total Number of Early, In-Person Ballots Cast As of Noon Today: 26,530

Total Number of Early, In-Person Ballots Cast: 737,364

Total Number of Absentee By Mail Ballots Cast: 635,844

Ballots Cast as of Close of Polls on October 22, 2016

Total Number of Ballots Cast: 569,816

Total Number of Early, In-Person Ballots Cast: 482,299

Total Number of Absentee By Mail Ballots Cast: 87,517

Percent Increases*:

Percentage Increase in Total Turnout to Date: 134%

Percentage Increase in Total Early, In-Person Turnout to Date: 47%

Percentage Increase in Absentee By Mail Ballots Accepted to Date: 615%

*Percentage Increases Compare Close of Polls Data for the 5th Day of Early Voting in 2020 and 2016

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.

Georgians are securing their vote!

So far, 1.7 million Georgians have requested to vote from their kitchen table, 625,645 of those ballots have already been accepted. Early voting shattered voting records with more than 700,000 voters in the first five days.

—Percentage Increase in Total Turnout to Date: 134%

—Percentage Increase in Total Early, In-Person Turnout to Date: 47%

—Percentage Increase in Absentee By Mail Ballots Accepted to Date: 615%

Wow!