Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Georgia State House in Atlanta on Saturday for a prayer march ahead of the state’s second round of the Senate in the state on Tuesday.
Protesters prayed that “biblical values will be exalted in the Georgia Senate elections”, according to the Georgia Prayer March, which organized the event.
The march was considered non-partisan, but the website said participants would march on issues such as “the sanctity of life in the womb, the sanctity of the marriage of a man and a woman, the scriptural-based free market system and support for Israel” – all traditionally conservative issues.
“We don’t tell anyone to vote for,” the website said. “That is your decision. We are not partisans. However, we pray that Georgians vote for candidates with different biblical values. Our prayer is for biblical values to be followed in our nation.”
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Several of the speakers asked voters to vote for Sens Republicans. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and questioned the validity of the presidential election, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Loeffler faces Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock on Tuesday, while Perdue will be challenged by Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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“What happens on Tuesday will determine the fate of the republic,” said pastor and evangelical organizer, Dr. Jim Garlow, according to the newspaper.
Other speakers included Alma Rivera, Robert Weinger and Bishop Wellington Boone, according to WXIA-TV in Atlanta.
More than 3 million voters in the state have already voted during the voting period that ended on Friday. About 5 million Georgians voted in the presidential election.
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Early participation declined in rural and conservative areas last week, but Republicans are confident that they will do well on both election day and the presidential election, the Journal-Constitution reported. President Trump and Perdue received about 60% of personal votes on election day.