Early voting ends Friday, Nov. 1, in the battleground state of Georgia. Millions of people have already voted in the key state ahead of Election Day on Nov. 5.
Around 3.7 million voters, a record number of early voters, already cast their ballot in Georgia, where 16 electoral votes are at stake in the presidential election. According to NBC News, 48% are Republicans, 45% are Democrats and 7% are registered as something else. It is a state that President Joe Biden won in 2020 by about 11,000 votes.
Republican nominee former President Donald Trump alleged there was cheating, voting irregularities and fraud in the state during the last election. Because of those accusations, 19 people, including the former president, are facing criminal charges for allegedly participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the election in Georgia.
Georgia elections officials said early vote results will be reported by 8 p.m. on election night. Votes cast in person on Election Day are expected to be counted on election night. Back in 2020, it took 10 days for Georgia officials to call the race for Biden.
Nationally, more than 64 million people have voted early in the 2024 election as we come down to the final weekend. Early voting also ends on Nov. 1 in the battleground states Arizona and Nevada, along with Idaho, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Texas and Utah.
