PHOTOS: Athens election workers count ballots from Georgia Senate runoff election
After polls closed at 7 p.m. on Jan. 5, elections workers brought absentee ballots to the Board of Elections storage room in the ACC Facilities Management building in Athens, Georgia. Members of the public and media watched workers organize ballots in a specified room as well as on a live camera from a separate room.
Some workers matched ballots and their typical duplicates together, others cut open mail-in ballots, and counted votes.
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While members of the public and media watch from a specified room, election workers organize and count ballots in Athens, Georgia on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Georgia's voters will determine the makeup of the U.S. Senate during this runoff election. (Photo/Taylor Gerlach; taylormckenziephotography.com)
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While members of the public and media watch from a specified room, election workers organize and count ballots in Athens, Georgia on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Georgia's voters will determine the makeup of the U.S. Senate during this runoff election. (Photo/Taylor Gerlach; taylormckenziephotography.com)
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While members of the public and media watch from a specified room, election workers organize and count ballots in Athens, Georgia on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Georgia's voters will determine the makeup of the U.S. Senate during this runoff election. (Photo/Taylor Gerlach; taylormckenziephotography.com)
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While members of the public and media watch from a specified room, election workers organize and count ballots in Athens, Georgia on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Georgia's voters will determine the makeup of the U.S. Senate during this runoff election. (Photo/Taylor Gerlach; taylormckenziephotography.com)
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While members of the public and media watch from a specified room, election workers organize and count ballots in Athens, Georgia on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Georgia's voters will determine the makeup of the U.S. Senate during this runoff election. (Photo/Taylor Gerlach; taylormckenziephotography.com)
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While members of the public and media watch from a specified room, election workers organize and count ballots in Athens, Georgia on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Georgia's voters will determine the makeup of the U.S. Senate during this runoff election. (Photo/Taylor Gerlach; taylormckenziephotography.com)
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While members of the public and media watch from a specified room, election workers organize and count ballots in Athens, Georgia on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Georgia's voters will determine the makeup of the U.S. Senate during this runoff election. (Photo/Taylor Gerlach; taylormckenziephotography.com)
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Election workers look over ballots. Workers collected the ballots of Athens-Clarke county voters to prepare them to be certified for the U.S. Senate runoff on Jan. 5, 2021. (Photo/ Kathryn Skeean, kskeean@randb.com)
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An election worker writes his signature. Workers collected the ballots of Athens-Clarke county voters to prepare them to be certified for the U.S. Senate runoff on Jan. 5, 2021. (Photo/ Kathryn Skeean, kskeean@randb.com)
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Election workers sort through ballots. Workers collected the ballots of Athens-Clarke county voters to prepare them to be certified for the U.S. Senate runoff on Jan. 5, 2021. (Photo/ Kathryn Skeean, kskeean@randb.com)
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Election workers examine ballots. Workers collected the ballots of Athens-Clarke county voters to prepare them to be certified for the U.S. Senate runoff on Jan. 5, 2021. (Photo/ Kathryn Skeean, kskeean@randb.com)
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Ballots sit in a box to be opened. Workers collected the ballots of Athens-Clarke county voters to prepare them to be certified for the U.S. Senate runoff on Jan. 5, 2021. (Photo/ Kathryn Skeean, kskeean@randb.com)
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Athens residents lined up to cast their votes for two U.S. Senate seats at polling places across Athens-Clarke County on Tuesday. The outcome of these runoff elections will determine whether Republicans continue to hold the Senate majority or Democrats gain control of both houses of Congress.
