atlanta. reporter: hi, anita, 2 and a half million georgia voters have cast ballots in early voting setting new midterm election record. high turnout comes despite democrat gubernatorial candidates claims voter suppression. during the pandemic emergency rules introduced absentee ballot drop boxes but after democrats won georgia s elections for president and both u.s. senate seats in 2020, the republican controlled legislature passed a new election law requiring each county to have at least one drop box but also requiring the drop box be kept indoors and only accessible during voting hours. democrats are also opposed to new requirements for voters to provide the number of a driver s license or state id card in order to obtain or submit an absentee ballot. but georgia s republican secretary of state says the new id requirement solves an old problem. we have been sued by the democrat party and republican party over signature matches saying it s subjective. what did i say back