Georgia primary 2020 turnout. As we wait for the ballots to be tallied for georgias 2020 primary election officials wait to see just how. The long standing wrangle over voting rights and election security came to a head in georgia where a messy primary and partisan finger pointing offered an unsettling preview of a november contest. With 91 percent of the vote in as of friday nearly 960000 voters had cast ballots in the democratic senate primary race won by jon ossoff compared to 310000 who voted in the senate primary in 2016.
Georgia primary looks to have record turnout despite machine and weather problems. More than 12 million votes have been cast ahead of tuesdays primaries either by mail or by in person. After last weeks primary election biden passed the 1991 pledged delegate threshold to.
Then voters will head to the polls on election day or return their absentee ballots. With 91 percent of. But it still is not likely to prevent long lines on tuesday.
The push to encourage georgians to vote by mail amid a global pandemic worked to produce the largest primary election turnout in the states history. Despite massive problems at the voting booth democratic turnout in georgias primaries skyrocketed with three times as many votes cast in the senate primary as in 2016. Donald trump joe biden 2020 presidential election president donald trump has so far received over 140000 more votes in the georgia primary than former vice president joe biden.
The last day of early voting for georgias june 9 primary is friday.