MACON, Ga. — It is Election Day 2024 in Georgia. Georgia is one of 7 major swing states that will decide the next President of the United States.
Polls indicate the margins are razor thin in all 7 of the swing states including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
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Former President Donald Trump is looking to return to the White House after losing to President Biden in 2020.
Biden stepped aside earlier this year for his Vice President Kamala Harris, who would later become the nominee for the Democratic Party.
Georgia has become a big battleground state and over the last few days has been at the center of the campaign circuit as Trump himself rallied in Macon on Sunday while Harris held another rally in Atlanta.
Their surrogates have also flooded the state as Sen. Raphael Warnock held a rally in Macon on Monday and last week First Lady Jill Biden delivered remarks in Macon.
More than 55% of Georgia's 7.2 million active voters have cast a ballot. An Election Day turnout of another roughly million votes would see the Peach State surpass the 2020 election overall turnout.
13WMAZ will track developments throughout Election Day and the rest of this week as the people of one the 7 major swing states, Georgia, cast their votes in the 2024 election.
2024 Election in Georgia | Live updates, Tuesday, November 5
7:45 a.m. | Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer in the Secretary of State's Office, reports a "smooth opening around the state of Georgia" this morning.
7:10 a.m. | People once lined up outside poling offices began to file in. Pictured below shows several voters lined up outside a precinct on Bass Road in North Macon.
7:00 a.m. | Polls will officially open for those choosing to vote on Election Day. Early voting totals show more than half of Georgians have already cast their ballots. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a press conference on Monday that he expects more than 70% of the vote to be counted by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, meaning earlier returns than in previous elections.