4M Ballots Already Cast In GA: See Latest Data

GEORGIA — More than 4 million Georgia voters are among nearly 76.5 million Americans who have already cast their ballots in Tuesday’s 2024 presidential election, joining millions of voters nationwide who have cast mail-in or early in-person votes.

According to a Monday analysis by NBC News of data from election officials across the country, 45 percent of early votes in Georgia were cast by Democrats, 48 percent were by Republicans and 7 percent were by people who haven’t declared a party.

Not all Georgia residents who requested an early-vote ballot had returned them by Monday. The returned ballots represent 56 percent of those requested by Democrats, 35 percent by Republicans and 9 percent by no-party voters.

Absentee ballots are mailed to voters and need to be returned to the designated county election office before polls close on Election Day to be counted.

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Voters had several options to request absentee ballots and for returning the completed ballots, including hand-delivery or drop-off.

Georgia's law requires photo ID while voting — either in-person or absentee.

Polls are open in Georgia from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday. According to the Secretary of State's office, as long as people are in line by 7 p.m., they will be allowed to vote.

The campaigns of both former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris, have pushed early voting to bank votes ahead of Election Day. Of early votes cast nationally, 41 percent have been cast by Democrats, 39 percent by Republicans and 20 percent by no-party voters.

Besides the all-important presidential race, Georgia voters will decide 14 U.S. House races and two U.S. Senate races on the federal ballot, as well as the next Fulton County district attorney.