Video shows long lines on the last day of early voting in Georgia

Video shows long lines on the last day of early voting in Georgia

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Voters in Georgia stood in long lines on New Year’s Eve, the last day to vote at the start of the second round of the Peach State Senate.

Images of polling stations posted on social media showed long lines of Georgians snaking through buildings, trying to avoid election day traffic amid the coronavirus pandemic before the January 5 runoff.

Georgia Republican Sens. David PerdueDavid PerdueOssoff closes Loeffler’s criticism of Warnock: She’s ‘campaigning with a Klansman’ Jeff Stein: Battle for K direct payments ‘putting tremendous pressure’ on the Republican bench Kemp dismisses Trump’s request to resign as ‘a distraction’ MORE and Kelly LoefflerKelly LoefflerOssoff closes Loeffler’s criticism of Warnock: She’s ‘campaigning with a Klansman’ Jeff Stein: Battle for K direct payments ‘putting tremendous pressure’ on the Republican bench Kemp dismisses Trump’s request to resign as ‘a distraction’ MORE will face Democratic opponents Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock respectively.

A woman from Cobb County told NBC Reporter Priscilla Thompson arrived in line to vote at 6:30 am and waited an hour and a half before arriving at the polls.

More than 2.8 million Georgia residents have already voted by mail or by early vote on Thursday.

According to the Georgia Elections Division, that number represents more than a third of all registered voters in the state.

Second round elections will determine which party will control the upper house at the next Congress. If Democrats take the Senate, they will have control over the House, the Senate and the White House as president-elect. Joe BidenJoe BidenTrump to shorten the trip to Florida, returns to Washington on Thursday Intel vice president says government agency cyber attack “may have started earlier”. takes office.

Biden in November upset President TrumpDonald Trump Trump to shorten the trip to Florida, returns to Washington on Thursday Intel vice president says government agency cyber attack “may have started earlier” Secret Service making changes to presidential details amid concerns over members current aligned with Trump in the state of Peach, taking Georgia by a narrow margin. He is the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state in more than 20 years.

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