Early Voter Turnout High In Georgia
Posted Dec 01, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Maurice Berger, Political Director, PollTrack
Early--or "Advanced--voting ended in Georgia last Wednesday in the US
Senate runoff, and from early analysis of the turnout, it looks like interest in the
Saxby Chambliss (r) vs Jim Martin (d) bout runs fairly high: " Advance voting in
the Georgia Senate runoff race ended Wednesday with one county setting a record
voter turnout. Almost three thousand ballots were cast during the week long
advanced voting period in Lowndes County. Election officials say more than one
thousand voters cast ballots on the first day alone. At the close of polls
Wednesday....turnout stood at nearly eleven point three percent... Typical
turnout in previous runoff races has been about three percent." It's unclear,
however, how this increase in early voting will affect the outcome of the
Georgia runoff race.
