佐治亚提前投票破133万张：居全美第四，亚裔选民占2.4%
位于佐治亚州富尔顿县的州府亚特兰大是全州提前投票的重镇。据佛罗里达大学选举实验室（Election Lab）追踪数据，截至 10 月 22 日上午 8 点，佐治亚州已有 1,330,455 张选票投出，位居全美第四，仅次于加州（190 万张以上）、德州（170 万张以上）与佛州（160 万张以上）。
从选民结构看，65 岁以上占 44%，40 至 65 岁占 40.8%，26 至 40 岁仅 10.8%，25 岁以下不足 5%；女性占 55%，男性占 44.2%；白人占 52%，黑人占 33.5%，西裔与亚裔分别占 2.8% 和 2.4%，另有 8.1% 为多族裔或未知。亚特兰大都会区四县领跑全州：富尔顿县超 16.3 万张，迪卡尔布县超 11.3 万张，科布县超 11 万张，格威内特县超 10.5 万张；全州最低的埃科尔斯县仅投出 221 张。
本次中期选举中，佐治亚州联邦参议员选战（共和党 Mike Collins 挑战民主党现任 Jon Ossoff）备受全国关注。提前投票持续至 10 月 30 日，选举日为 11 月 3 日。
Georgia early voting tops 1.33 million ballots, fourth in the nation; Asian voters at 2.4%
ATLANTA, Georgia — Atlanta, in Fulton County, Georgia, is the center of gravity for early voting in the state. According to the University of Florida Election Lab tracker, 1,330,455 ballots had been cast in Georgia as of 8 a.m. on October 22, the fourth-highest total in the nation, behind California (more than 1.9 million), Texas (more than 1.7 million) and Florida (more than 1.6 million).
Voters over 65 make up the largest share at 44%, followed by ages 40 to 65 at 40.8%; only 10.8% of early voters are 26 to 40, and under 5% are under 25. Women account for 55% of the early vote, versus 44.2% for men. White voters make up 52%, Black voters 33.5%, Hispanic voters 2.8% and Asian voters 2.4%, with 8.1% listed as multiple or unknown ethnicity. Metro Atlanta counties carry the bulk: Fulton has cast more than 163,000 ballots, DeKalb more than 113,000, Cobb more than 110,000 and Gwinnett more than 105,000, while rural Echols County has the state's lowest count at 221.
Georgia's U.S. Senate race, in which Republican Mike Collins is challenging Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, is being watched nationally. Early voting runs through October 30, ahead of Election Day on November 3.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：佐治亚州议会大厦。图片：Harrison Keely，CC BY 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / The Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Photo: Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
