Georgia voters set early-voting record as midterm elections heat up

Georgia set a midterm record on the opening day of early voting, with more than 180,000 ballots cast Tuesday, about 55,000 more than on the equivalent day in 2022, according to state election officials. Early voting continues through Oct. 30. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger credited voter confidence in election integrity and the work of the state's 159 county election offices, according to Fox News.

The same evening, the state's U.S. Senate contest turned combative in the candidates' second and final debate, hosted by the Atlanta Press Club and aired on Georgia Public Broadcasting. The general election is Nov. 3. Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff tried to link Republican Rep. Mike Collins to white nationalism, pressing him repeatedly to promise he would end hateful online material tied to people around his campaign. Ossoff focused on Collins' son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, whom CNN had scrutinized for posting Nazi-themed images, antisemitic conspiracy theories and a survey about a video on Gen-Z and Hitler. Ossoff asked how weak someone must be to let such material come from under their own roof.

Collins countered by attacking Ossoff's funding from a billionaire connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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