Time to vote, y'all: Georgia smashes a turnout record as early voting starts

Sam Gringlas, Rahul Bali, Brendan Rivers | WABE

October 18th, 2024

Former President Donald Trump stands onstage at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Oct. 15, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Early voting is now underway in Georgia and over 300,000 voters showed up on the first day, more than doubling the previous record set in 2020.

With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, WABE politics reporters Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali discuss the latest election news in this week’s episode of “Plugged In: A WABE Politics Podcast.”

Plus, two Georgia judges have undercut a series of controversial rules passed by the State Election Board. The rulings amounted to a rebuke of the board’s Republican-majority, which has been praised by former President Donald Trump, and brought relief to election officials worried about the last-minute changes.

And in Sumter County, 100-year-old former President Jimmy Carter has voted by mail for Vice President Kamala Harris.