(NewsNation) — Georgia, one of America’s tightest swing states has opened its early voting window to a horde of people who are on track to break a record, according to a state official.
“This 1st day of early voting is a blowout,” Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, posted on X.
Sterling said as of noon 122,049 Georgians have voted. On the first day in 2020, a total of 136,000 people voted early.
“We will be blowing past the previous First Day record,” Sterling posted. He added the average check-in time for voters was under one minute so far on Tuesday.
