More than 1M Georgians have now voted

You decide 2026. The election is just two weeks away and more than one million Georgians have already cast their ballots. Now, the vast majority cast their votes in person at early voting locations. And goodness, Mark Teichner is live at a DeKalb County polling center with more on the turnout and keeping the process secure. Hey, Mark, good morning. Hey, good morning, guys. You know, a small percentage of them were cast through absentee ballots. But as you mentioned, most of these votes have been brought in through people showing up at early voting locations like we're standing at right now. Early voting got off to a record start here in Georgia and hasn't slowed since. Monday, the state cracked the one million vote barrier, almost all of them 980,000 plus coming from in-person early voting locations. The other more than 46,000 were absentee ballots. In total, 13.6% of Georgia's 7.5 million registered voters have already cast a ballot. The voter interest isn't a surprise to outgoing Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. You're voting for a new governor, attorney general, lieutenant governor, secretary, like up and down the ballot, plus you have a U.S. Senate seat, so there's an awful lot on the table. While both parties argue over who the wave of early voting favors, Election officials say they're focused solely on making sure casting a ballot is both safe and secure. Prepare, prepare, prepare. You always have to make sure that you're, you know, you just can't, you know, sit back. We're very strong on, we have robust security in place, but we know there's a lot of bad actors out there. With so much at stake, both parties are working hard to drive their voters to the polls. President Trump held a rally in Dalton last week and returns to Macon on Saturday. Former President Obama comes to Atlanta for a rally next week. We just see the voters are engaged in the process. Just a reminder, you can early vote all this week and next week. And in many counties, like here in DeKalb County, you can also vote on the weekend that's coming up. You do want to check before you head out to make sure you know your advanced early voting locations and the hours that they will be open for your individual community. Reporting live from DeKalb, I'm Mark Teichner for Good Day Atlanta.