Record Turnout in Georgia, but Mostly Before Election Day Expansive early voting made the in-person Election Day process significantly easier. à Expand ATLANTA, GEORGIA â Georgia voters broke records on Tuesday for turnout in the Senate runoff elections. The massive, half-a-billion-dollar investment in television ads, radio spots, mailers, texts, and phone calls has pushed Georgians to the pollsâif not to the edge of their patienceâsince last November. Before Election Day, more than three million voters had already cast their ballots, about two million people visiting early-voting sites and one million more utilizing the absentee-ballot process through the mail or with drop boxes. Final turnout wonât be known until the polls close, military ballots are counted, and ballots with any technical problems are cured (that deadline is Friday, January 8).