ATLANTA — Georgia saw record voter turnout during this year’s midterm elections, with more than 4 million people casting ballots across the state.

According to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, more than 2.8 million Georgians voted early or absentee, while approximately 1.3 million cast their ballots on Election Day.

“Approximately 4.1 million Georgia voters have turned out for this election,” Raffensperger said.

The numbers are preliminary, with the final vote count still pending.

Raffensperger said the record turnout reflects voters’ confidence in Georgia’s election process.

“It was a record day for Georgia voters. What it shows is that they trust the system and they trust the results,” Raffensperger said.

He also highlighted the early voting period, which saw millions of Georgians cast their ballots before Election Day.

“We’ve seen that Georgians turned out in record numbers during early voting; lines were short and voting was smooth,” Raffensperger said.

The secretary of state credited months of preparation for the election process.

“Georgia is the gold standard for election administration, it is a model for the nation. We started preparing for this election months, if not years ago,” Raffensperger said.

Although voting has ended, election officials are preparing to review the results through post-election audits.

“We are going to be doing 20 risk limiting audits. That’s 14 congressional races, all of the congressional races, and six statewide,” Raffensperger said.

The audits are intended to verify the election results and ensure voters can have confidence in the final count.

WSB Radio’s Ashley Simmons & Rob Archer contributed to this story.