The stream of people coming to vote was steady throughout the day but picked up in the late afternoon.

TIFTON — Early voting has officially ended for the November midterm elections.

According to Tift County Board of Elections and Registration Election Supervisor Leila Dollison, a total of 7,658 early votes have been cast as of 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2, the last day to early vote.

“This is the last day of early voting and we have seen numbers bigger than we ever expected,” said Dollison. “During early voting we have had voters voting for the first time ever and today we had lines to the door. The last voter finished voting at 5:40 p.m.”

The total number of voters for Nov. 2 was 850, which was the largest turnout of any of the early voting days.

Any registered voters who have not voted will need to vote at their assigned polling location, which can be found by visiting the Georgia Secretary of State’s My Voter Page.

If the turnout trend continues as it has for the early voting period, voter turnout may exceed turnout in any midterm since 1990, according to data gathered from the Georgia Secretary of State’s website, where election data from 1988 is collected for the public to view.

In the 2014 midterm election, a total of 8,687 people voted, which was 44.53 percent of registered voters.

Total turnout numbers were not available for previous years, but ballots cast for governor were able to be pulled.

In 2010, a total of 9,745 ballots were cast in the governor’s race.

The 2006 race saw a total of 8,500 ballots cast. 2002 and 1998 saw similar numbers, 7,741 in 2002 and 7,794 in 1998.

There were 7,310 votes cast for governor in the 1994 midterm, and 1990 comes in last with 6,083 votes counted.

Voting will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. at one of 12 polling places.

Polling locations are:

• 222 Chesnutt Avenue — Building B Old gym at the corner of 4th Street and Chesnutt Avenue

• 869 Harold Tyson Rd. — Corner of Old Ocilla Road and Harold Tyson Road Same building at Harding Volunteer fire station

• 983 Lower Brookfield Rd. — Brookfield Volunteer Fire Station.

• 3380 US Highway 41 North, Chula — Tift County Fire Rescue Station 55

• 14 Docia Rd. — Across from Excelsior Store on Ty Ty Omega Road, same building as Excelsior Fire Station.

• 4145 US Hwy 41 South, same building as Eldorado Fire Station.

• 5471 Alabama Dr., Omega — Omega Club House.

• 141 Elman Street, Ty Ty — Ty Ty City Hall.

• 315 West 2nd St. — Leroy Rogers Senior Center.

• 2731 South Central Avenue — Neighbor Service Center.

• 2425 Emerson Obynes Avenue — Mott-Litman Gym.

• 1400 Kennedy Rd. — Tifton Lodge.

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