More than a million people have already voted in Georgia.
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Up First from NPROct 20, 2026
Georgia's early-vote count passed one million before the 2026-10-20 posting date: a state-tracker figure of 1,330,455 ballots cast by Oct. 22 and a Oct. 26 report of more than 1.5 million, with 800,000+ cast in the final week. No source gives the exact count on Oct.
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… What we're seeing right now is that Democrats appear to be changing how they vote, away from mail-in ballots to in-person early voting or Election Day. It's also going to be notable to see where else Trump goes in his final days, and with more than a million people already voting here in Georgia so far, I am watching what appears to be higher than usual Black turnout in Georgia and other key races across the And here's Stephen Fowler. Thanks for the insights. Thank you. The Trump administration's fight with California elections officials over the voter rolls is intensifying. …
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Supports. A University of Florida Election Lab tracker, as reported Oct. 22, showed 1,330,455 Georgia ballots cast as of 8 a.m. that day, including in-person votes and approved mail-in ballots.[2]
Supports. Atlanta News First reported on Oct. 26 that more than 1.5 million Georgians had already voted, citing the Georgia Secretary of State's office, with more than 800,000 cast in the past week alone.[3]
Supports. WSB Radio reported on Oct. 26 that more than a million Georgians had already cast ballots in the midterm elections.[4]
Context. Later official and tier-1 counts (in-person early votes of 2.29 million by Oct. 29 and 2.8 million total by Oct. 31) confirm the pace continued, so the count was well above one million shortly after the posting date.[1][5]
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- 1Early Voting Passes 2022 Midterm Record With One Day Leftsos.ga.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Georgia among states leading early voting. How many votes are cast?naplesnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Final week of early voting underway in Georgia with more than 1.5M ballots castatlantanewsfirst.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Georgia voters raise Election Day security concerns as early voting turnout surgeswsbradio.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Early voting for Georgia midterms breaks records with 2.8M ballots castajc.com · not rated · cited for: context
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