A variety of factors can factor into calculations of voter turnout. The voter turnout this year currently stands at 67.2%, which is slightly down on the 2017 general election . Separately, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg late Monday declined to order Georgia polling places to increase the number of emergency paper ballots they have on hand to allow voting to continue if there are problems with electronic voting equipment. The Conservative Party won an overwhelming majority in the election, with Labour suffering their worst defeat in years. “But that is not the point; no one, including this Court, can guarantee short lines.”. Voter turnout in terms of total ballots cast, 2002-2018, Voter turnout in terms of total ballots cast for highest office, 2002-2018, 8 quality benchmarks for sample ballot tools, 20 quality benchmarks for election transparency, How to find information about local elections, https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Voter_turnout_in_United_States_elections&oldid=7702338, Submit a photo, survey, video, conversation, or bio, Ballotpedia's Daily Presidential News Briefing. General election 2019: Latest national results Election 2019: Election words and phrases explained Voter turnout was down by 0.5 percentage points since the last general election. Cobb's tracker at one point showed a wait of five hours at the county's main elections office. From 1922 to 1997 voter turnout was consistently over 70%, while in 2001 just 59.4% voted Tony Blair into Downing Street. Determining the precise details of election administration is the responsibility of state and local election officials, Totenberg wrote. Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. “Great enthusiasm on the first day of voting leading to long lines does not necessarily mean there's a systemic problem. At least two counties, Cobb and Gwinnett in Atlanta's populous northern suburbs, have online wait time tracking tools. A variety of factors can factor into calculations of voter turnout. The voter turnout rate is a mathematical expression that indicates how many eligible voters participated in an election. Early voters in Georgia waited up to six hours to cast a ballot in-person as early voting continues in 45 states and the District of Columbia. These results are automatically generated from Google. “It is possible, of course, these measures will ultimately prove insufficient and long lines will still arise,” he wrote. ATLANTA -- More than 128,000 Georgians went to the polls Monday, a record for the first day of early voting in the state, according to the secretary of state's office. Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. YouGov has conducted the largest survey yet on last week’s general election, interviewing over 40,000 British adults to discover patterns across demographics: age, gender, class, education and previous votes. While voters must vote at their assigned polling place on Election Day, they can vote at any open polling place in the county where they live during early voting. Election officials and advocacy groups have been pushing people to vote early, either in person or by absentee ballot, in anticipation of record turnout and concerns about coronavirus exposure. Voter turnout at the 2019 general election is slightly down on two years ago, despite reports of ' busiest ever polling stations ' and people queuing 45 minutes to vote. U.S. District Judge Michael Brown wrote in an order Tuesday that it appears election officials have taken steps to address the issues that previously caused long lines. People can continue to vote early in person through Oct. 30. Let's give it a few days.”.