Large numbers of voters across the state have cast their ballots early during the first week of advanced voting for November’s general election.
Overall, this election already has seen more voters go to the polls during the first five days of early voting than turned out for the entire advanced voting period for the presidential and local primaries in March and May.
According to the Secretary of State’s Office, Georgia posted a 19.2% early voter turnout. Nearly 1.4 million of the state’s 7.1 million active voters cast in-person and absentee ballots between Tuesday, October 15 and Saturday, October 19.
The regional voter turnout for Northeast Georgia is 19.6%, with just over 267,000 votes cast by the region’s 1.3 million active voters.
Figures from the Georgia Election Data Hub show Towns County with the highest early voter turnout at just over 32%. That was followed by Rabun County at 27.9% and Dawson County at 26.5%.
Habersham County posted a 20.9% early voter turnout, as 6,358 of the county’s 30,491 active voters cast ballots during the first week of early voting.
According to Election Data Hub, nine of the top 20 counties for voter turnout by percentage are in the Northeast Georgia region.
Voters still have ample time to cast a ballot with two more weeks of early voting prior to the November 5 General Election.
