ATLANTA — Early voting ahead of next week’s Georgia primaries ended Friday with an all-time high of more than 850,000 voters either casting a ballot in person or returning an absentee ballot. In Cobb, more than 55,000 ballots were cast in early voting and another 6,000 absentee ballots were received.

The statewide totals represented a 168% increase over early voting ahead of the last gubernatorial primaries in 2018 and a 212% jump over early voting turnout for the primaries two years ago.

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