Georgia early voting smashing records entering final week

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Early voting has become the option of choice for many Georgia voters.

As of 12:30 p.m. Monday, more than 2.7 million voters in the Peach State had cast their ballots during the two-week early voting period. Combined with 177,192 absentee ballots, more than 40% of active voters in Georgia had already voted.

That Day 15 early voting total shattered the previous record of nearly 2 million for the same …