Tens of Thousands of Absentee Votes Left to Count in Georgia Senate Runoffs

Workers at the Gwinnett County, Ga., elections headquarters process absentee ballots for Georgia's Senate runoff election in Lawrenceville, Ga., on Jan. 6, 2021. Ben Gray/AP Photo

Tens of thousands of mail ballots are still being counted in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff elections, an elections official said on Jan. 6.

Over 57,500 votes are still being processed by counties, including nearly 18,000 in DeKalb County, according to Gabriel Sterling, a manager in Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office.