Nationally, only 21% of voters have utilized early voting, which tracks, as most Americans typically wait until Election Day, Nov. 5, to cast their ballots.
Over 2.7 million Georgia residents have made their voices heard during early voting as of Oct. 26. The early voting period, which runs through Nov. 1, has seen approximately one-third of Georgia’s active voters cast their ballots, according to the Secretary of State’s office.
In keeping with political scientists’ predictions, women have outperformed men so far, making up 55.7% of voters compared to 44.1% for men.
According to Fox 5 Atlanta, 94% of the state’s nearly three million ballots were cast in person.
However, restrictive voting laws passed by several Republican states, including Georgia, have stripped away that expanded participation.
According to Vox, early voting numbers are not necessarily valid predictors of what will happen on Election Day, particularly in a race where many polls have made it clear that no candidate has a decided advantage over the other.
Meanwhile, Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock expressed to Politico his concerns over what former President Donald Trump may do or orchestrate if the election doesn’t go his way this time around.
“Honestly, I am worried that Donald Trump may do this time what he did the last time, and that is to challenge the legitimacy of an election whose outcome he does not like. The peaceful transfer of power is a hallmark of the American system of government. Never before have we seen the losing presidential candidate behave as Donald Trump did,” Warnock said.
He continued, “And right now, on the ground in Georgia, we witnessed over the last few weeks a state board of elections trying to set the table, as it were, for not certifying an election if they don’t like the results. Gladly, the courts have rejected their efforts. They then appealed. The courts rejected it again. But the spirit of that is in the air in Georgia, Pennsylvania, all over the country. And so we will have to remain vigilant.”
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Source: Black Enterprise
