ATLANTA — Early voting for the 2026 midterm is Georgia is off to a hot start, according to unofficial turnout numbers.
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The Georgia Secretary of State’s office says on the first day of early voting, 188,667 ballots have been accepted as of Tuesday night.
A former Secretary of State official saluted the turnout so far.
Gabriel Sterling, a former deputy secretary of state, said “voters are off to the races and setting records again” in a social media post.
He notes that first day of early voting in the 2022 midterm “we saw a total of 134,962 votes cast.”
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