Early voting for Georgia primary begins

[JohnSJ]

https://georgiarecorder.com/2022/05/10/a-few-glitches-raise-eyebrows-in-record-setting-georgia-early-voting/

“Monday marked the start of the second of three weeks of early voting period that is on track to be record breaking for a midterm election.

Heading into Monday, 180,620 people had cast their ballots in the primary, with 103,275 Republican ballots outpacing the Democrats with slightly under 79,000, or 57% to 42%.

The overall voter turnout though the first week of this year’s primary is 236% higher than the same period for 2018’s primary, according to Georgiavotes.com.

The new deadline for requesting an absentee ballot is 11 days before Election Day as Georgia’s 2021 election overhaul takes effect. So, the last day to request one is Friday, while the actual ballots must be in by 7 p.m. on May 24 when precincts are scheduled to close.

Georgia’s Republican turnout is largely driven so far by hotly contested primary races for the U.S. ‌Senate pitting University of Georgia football legend Herschel Walker against ‌state Agricultural Commissioner Gary Black and ‌Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp who is facing a tough primary against ex-Sen. David Perdue. However, other factors come into play during primary season, according to Charles Bullock, political science professor at the University of Georgia.

“Particularly, the (GOP) governorship is high profile and that helps drive it where on the Democratic side with Stacey Abrams, there’s no opposition,” Bullock said.“

[Lovie777]

1. Early voting? . ...

I thought the GQP hated that.

Of course, our famous "liberal" media will hound it by saying, see Democrats are underwhelming.

[JohnSJ]

2. This is early voting for the primary, and while I suspect your assessment is right that the MSM

will push the theme that Democrats aren't as motivated, it is way too early in the process to make that conclusion