Turnout will be the key in determining the outcome of today's election according to top Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling. Chief Operating Officer for the Georgia Secretary of State's office, Sterling tells Audacy Atlanta's Maria Boynton "all you have to do is get those people that support you to showup at the polls and that will make the difference."
Atlanta residents are electing a new mayor, president of city council, members of council and school board members. There are also other races across the metro area.
"It's been going really smoothly," says Sterling. Municipal elections are historically light and he says Tuesday was no exception. There was plenty of early voting which Sterling says relieved a lot of the pressure. In Atlanta alone, he adds that nearly 30,000 people showed up to vote early.
Listen to the full interview with Gabriel Sterling, COO of the Georgia Secretary of State's office below.