(CNN) A total of 2,570,593 votes have been cast in Georgia's runoff elections, the Georgia secretary of state's office told CNN Wednesday, with Georgia's two US Senate seats and control of the chamber in the balance. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue both face runoffs after failing to garner more than 50% of the vote in November's general election. While 1,713,950 Georgians have cast ballots in person at early voting locations across the state, 856,643 have voted absentee by mail, out of nearly 1.4 million absentee ballots requested. The races are also drawing national attention as Trump continues to allege baseless claims of election fraud , calling Wednesday for Republican Gov. Trump lost the state by a narrow margin to Biden in November.

Source: CNN December 30, 2020 18:22 UTC