Georgia secretary of state says runoffs hit 'new milestone for effectiveness and efficiency' at ballot box

A person votes in the Georgia Senate runoff.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) is once again feeling good about the voting process his office oversees.

Tuesday's Senate runoffs have apparently gone so smoothly, in fact, that "Georgia's election administration is hitting a new milestone for effectiveness and efficency" at the ballot box," eclipsing even the two-minute average wait time during the general election on Nov. 3, Raffensperger said in a statement.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.