Georgia voters set early-voting record as midterm elections heat up
Over 180,000 Georgians cast their ballots on the first day of early voting on Tuesday, setting a record for midterm elections.Tuesday's total eclipsed the first day of early voting in...
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Over 180,000 Georgians cast their ballots on the first day of early voting on Tuesday, setting a record for midterm elections. Tuesday's total eclipsed the first day of early voting in 2022 by more than 55,000 votes, state election officials say. Georgia's early voting schedule runs through Oct. 30. "This record-breaking turnout proves that voters have confidence in the integrity of our elections," Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement. "It’s a testament to our strong election system overseen by 159 of the best county election officials in the country." Georgia's contentious U.S. Senate race erupted into a heated confrontation Tuesday night as Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., accused GOP challenger Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., of allowing the dissemination of "neo-Nazi propaganda" inside his own home, prompting Collins to fire back over Ossoff's financial support from a billionaire with ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. MAP IT: DOJ ILLEGAL VOTING CRACKDOWN SWEEPS 17 STATES AS RAZOR-THIN ELECTIONS FACE SCRUTINY The exchange unfolded during the candidates' second and final debate ahead of the Nov. 3 general election , which was hosted by the Atlanta Press Club and broadcast by Georgia Public Broadcasting network . ANTISEMITISM FIGHT EXPLODES IN FLORIDA AS VOTERS HEAD TO THE POLLS: 'POLITICAL POGROM' During the debate, Ossoff sought to tie his GOP opponent to White nationalism and repeatedly demanded that Collins commit to stopping the dissemination of hateful rhetoric involving his campaign staff, in particular Collins' son-in-law , which Ossoff alleged had continued despite blowback. "How weak a person do you have to be to be unable to stop someone under your own roof from disseminating neo-Nazi propaganda while you run for the Senate?" Ossoff asked, referencing reporting about his opponent's son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, who was the subject of a CNN investigation about sharing Nazi propaganda imagery, promoting antisemitic conspiracy theor…