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The line for early voting at the Lucas Senior Center in Macon stretched out the front door on the first day of early voting Monday.
Credit: Grant Blankenship /. GPB News
More than 1.1 million Georgians have already cast their ballots, as both in-person and absentee-by-mail early voting for the Jan. 5 runoffs in Georgia continues at a rapid pace.
At this point in the November general election, about 1.2 million votes had been accepted. On Thursday, more than 154,000 people flocked to the polls across 159 counties, up from 149,000 Wednesday and after 166,000 showed up on Tuesday and 169,000 on Monday.
In Fulton County, more than 125,000 people have already voted in the race that pits Sen. David Perdue against Democrat Jon Ossoff and Sen. Kelly Loeffler against Raphael Warnock that will decide control of the U.S. Senate. Incumbent Republican Bubba McDonald faces Democrat Daniel Blackman in a runoff for a seat on the Public Service Commission.