Are more Georgians voting or just voting earlier? Experts weigh in.

More than 2.5 million Georgians have already cast ballots ahead of Tuesday's general election, setting a new midterm early in-person voting record as voters head to the polls Friday for the final day of advance voting.According to the Georgia Secretary of State's Election Data Hub, 2,513,780 ballots had been cast as of early Friday morning, representing 33.4% of the state's 7,530,664 active registered voters. The figures are unofficial and will continue to change as election officials update their records.The latest numbers represent an increase of more than 111,000 ballots from Thursday afternoon, when the state reported 2,402,526 ballots cast.On Thursday, Secretary of State officials announced that Georgia had already surpassed its 2022 midterm early in-person voting record. At that point, 2,294,275 ballots had been cast in person, exceeding the 2,289,951 recorded during the entire 2022 early voting period.Blake Evans, elections director in the Georgia Secretary of State's Office, sa