Ryan Laird on WNYC.

Now we continue the Monday series we've been doing on the swing states, one by one,

today, Georgia, where early voting's been underway for a little more than a week, and this is a big national election story right now in itself.

It's not another poll result.

Actual voting by people in Georgia is off the chart setting turnout records.

So what does it mean?

With the election so close, both candidates have made important campaign stops in Georgia just in the last few days.

Joining me now is Maya King, a politics reporter covering the Southeast for the New York Times.

Hi, Maya, thanks for some time on what I know is a busy day for you. Welcome to WNYC.

Hi, Brian. Thanks for having me.

And listeners, we have time for a few Georgia callers.

Anybody in Georgia from Georgia or with ties to call to Georgia want to call in and help us report

the story of what's going on in this vital swing state with a lot going on.

There's stuff in court that we're going to talk about, and there's certainly this early

voting surge that we're going to talk about and how the candidates are trying to speak to

the late deciding voters in the state of Georgia.

212-433 WNYC, what can you help add to the reporting? 212-433-9692. So as I say, my early voting

began in Georgia last week and pretty much right away, the state was breaking some of its own

early voting records. What's happening? Yes. I mean, it's hard to overstate just how

incredible the turnout in Georgia has been, absolutely blowing through records that were placed in

2020 when there were even more access points to the ballot. And now what we're seeing really

across the state is this overwhelming response to the ballot. And now what we're seeing really across the state is this overwhelming

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