Georgia early voting surged as voters dealt with new laws
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Early voting has surged in the Georgia primary, with a record-number ballots cast ahead of Tuesday's contests.
While Republicans have claimed it's a sign of success after the passage of new voting laws that Democrats and others had warned would restrict ballot access, voting activists say the surge is not showing the larger picture of the obstacles voters are enduring to get their vote counted this year.
As of May 21, nearly 800,000 were cast, according to GOP Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, during the three-week early voting period. He said it was a record and touted SB 202, the voting law from 2021, as the reason for the success.
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