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Between early vote and absentee and absentee set a new record as of this morning of 234,000 for a midterm. that really takes away pressure off election day because as of -- when we start today nearly 37% of all active voters had already cast a ballot. >> can i ask a question about absentees. did i hear you right, 234,000 absentee ballots. can you give me context on how big that is and how that counting goes from here? >> well, the previous record had been in the midterm about 213,000 from 018. some of the rules we passed in the election integrity act clarified they can do early tabulation of b...

To come in by november 14th because over 1,000 ballots did not get mailed out there to people who requested absentees so the legal, you know, strategies back and forth has already started i would expect after we get the votes done tomorrow there will be a whole new slew of legal action to follow, bret. >> bret: yes. are you ready? >> shannon: i am ready for it. >> bret: see you tomorrow. up next the panel on the final day of the midterm election campaign. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates with covering tonight. fox 45 in atlanta as georgia governor brian kemp directs all available...

Need to do the early tabulation. that's one of the great things from the election integrity act. it now allows specifically for the first time they can do early tabulation of the early votes starting at 7:00 a.m. on election day morning. that way by 7:15, 8:00, a lot of the big counties should have the votes in, the absentees in so we don't have these big dumps of votes that concern people. and don't wait until you get all of them dumped. so we have a steady spread of information so people don't freak out over the wild swings. >> georgia set up a text alert system. what response have you seen ...

>> now, you have raised concerns with county officials about how late reporting of results can fuel skepticism and doubt and conspiracies. only a third of the counties in georgia say they're going to begin counting early votes on election day. given how tight some of the races look, do you think we will know the results tuesday night? >> well, it's really up to the voters. they say a third of the counties, those third of counties account for probably 70% of our population because they're the big ones. and they're the ones that really need to do the early tabulation. that's one of the great thi...

A real connection there. nadia romero, cnn, atlanta. let's get perspective on the races in georgia from the politics reporter for the atlanta journal institution. good morning, shannon, thank you for doing this. georgia, right, finding itself to be the political universe once again. talk about the high enthusiasm we're seeing especially with the record early turnout vote we're seeing. >> what else is new? georgia is at the center of the political universe. yes, there's been a ton of early voting, 1.5 million people including mail-in absentees so far. i think georgia has switched -- the elect...