Female, Black, older voters casting most ballots in runoff early voting

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Rockdale, Fulton and DeKalb counties are having the heaviest turnout of voters in Georgia’s nationally-watched U.S. Senate runoff between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.

According to the latest data available on Monday morning from the Georgia Secretary of State, Rockdale is leading all of the state’s 159 counties with a 7% turnout; followed by Fulton at 5.7% and DeKalb at 5.6%.

As of 3:30 p.m. Monday, more than 200,000 voters had already cast ballots in the runoff.

On Monday afternoon, DeKalb County elections officials said almost 33,000 ballots has been cast in the initial days of early voting.

Black voters are leading all other demographic groups in early voting, with 84,218 (46.3%) compared to White voters’ turnout of 68,883 (37.9%). The data also showed more female voters (57.2%) are showing up in early voting than males (42.5%).

Voters between the ages of 55-60 (12.6%); 65-70 (12.4%) and 50-55 (11.3%) are leading all age groups.

Early voting runs through Dec. 2.

Here’s a list of the dates and times for several metro Atlanta and north Georgia counties:

• Athens-Clarke County: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 2
• Barrow County: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Bartow County: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Butts County: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Cherokee County: 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Clayton County: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Cobb County: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Coweta County: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Dawson County: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• DeKalb County: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Douglas County: 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Fayette County: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2.
• Forsyth County: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Fulton County: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 26-Dec. 2
• Gwinnett County: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 26-Dec. 2
• Henry County: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Jasper County: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Newton County: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Paulding County: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Pickens County: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Rockdale County: Nov. 28-Dec. 2
• Spalding County: Nov. 28-Dec. 2

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