GA Secretary of State reports five-minute wait time

Georgia, first of all, you need to understand we are the gold standard for election administration. We have citizenship verification. We've actually done three of them. And we have clean, accurate voter rolls. And we also have strong election security. We've worked hard to earn that title. Now, as it relates to having a clean voter list, don't take my word for it. The Department of Audit found our list was 99.9% accurate. And so we really take a lot of pride in the hard work that our team has done. Strong rules only work when good people put them into practice. I also want to just acknowledge and commend our county election officials and poll workers who make the system work. Thank you to these local leaders for their preparation, professionalism, and commitment to Georgia voters. We've seen Georgians turn out in record numbers during early voting. Today, We're ready to welcome everyone who has waited until election day to cast a ballot. Getting right for today is a year-round job. It's not something that we just set up a few months ago. We have a strong team and the counties have strong teams also. It means testing. All right we just played you with some sound from earlier today but happening right now live our secretary of state is speaking. So let's take a listen to what he is saying right now. That's really important. So, right now, I want to get you up where we are. Right now, we're about 775,000 folks that have voted around 2.30, just a few minutes ago. And I want to kind of advise people. A few voters have reported misleading text messages circulating today. And so, as a reminder, be vigilant. You can trust mvpmyvoterpage.sos.ga.gov to have the most accurate information about elections. Rockbridge Elementary in Gwinnett, they closed for under 10 minutes, it was actually 7 minutes, due to a school safety drill. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I don't write this stuff, it just kind of happens, but it is what it is. So a judge will decide if that location should stay open later, but that would not affect the reporting times tonight where all the early ballots would still need to be reported by 8 p.m. and it will continue on with whatever happens today in the elections. The average wait time right now is less than five minutes across the state and we just think that's a tremendous trust builder. It just really makes the process a lot of fun. That kind of gets up where we are right now. Based on the numbers, it looks like we can have, you know, in that range of 1.4, 1.5 million, because we know it always kind of peaks, you know, when people get off of work. But people are obviously engaged in the process. But also, I am just really honored today to be joined by two of my task force members. Mayor Shirley Franklin from Atlanta and then Senator Saxby Chambliss. And they've been kind of digging into the whole election process for several years now, and they just really speak wisdom, but also I think they are voices that you can trust. And I just wanted to ask if they'd like to say a few words. Mayor? Well, thank you. Thank you very much. The first word is for anyone who hasn't voted, please vote. The democracy depends on you voting. Your vote is your voice. But I've joined And, um... Former Mayor, former Governor Barnes and former Congressman Ferguson and former Senator Saxby Chambliss really to promote the integrity of voting and the voting process and we've worked with the Secretary of State in his office to review the process so that every Georgian knows that their vote is safe. And that they are welcome at the polls. So it should be a good day. I think so. Well, thanks, Shirley. And it is a great day today. We were just talking coming over here. We had about 2.7 million. All right. Taking a listen there live to elections officials speak about Election Day and giving.