After two days of early voting in Georgia, half a million people had already cast their ballots, according to data from the state's election office. At the close of the day Wednesday, 269,696 votes had been cast at early voting,

Georgia is experiencing a record turnout of early voters, with over 365,000 ballots cast across the Peach State since early voting opened on Oct. 15.

At least 252,000 voters had cast ballots at early-voting sites as of 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT), nearly double the 136,000 who participated in the first day of early voting in the 2020 election, said Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's No. 2 election official. "Spectacular turnout," he wrote on social media.

Former President Trump on Tuesday rallied in Georgia on the first day of early voting in the state, urging supporters to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day in the crucial battleground state. “Early mail-in voting in your state is now underway,

Former President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Atlanta, Georgia. He is scheduled to start speaking at 7:30 p.m. Georgia is one of seven key swing states in the 2024 election. Trump carried the state in 2016 but lost it to President Joe Biden in 2020.

More than 250,000 Georgians cast ballots on Tuesday, the first day of early in-person voting in the southern swing state.