Photo: Polls close in a runoff that will decide the fate of the Senate

Voters wait in the dark by a "Vote here" sign, all in masks except one man sitting on the ground looking at his phone.

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections at a senior center in Acworth.

(Branden Camp / Associated Press)

Jan. 5, 2021 6:26 PM PT

Sunshine casts three people in silhouette, illuminating flags they're waving that say "Vote" and "Black Lives Matter."

Georgians cast final votes in polling stations across this Southern battleground state Tuesday in a pair of Senate runoff races that will determine the balance of political power in Washington.

State election officials reported light turnout Tuesday morning, including in the deeply conservative northwestern region, where President Trump held a rally Monday night to encourage GOP voters to turn out in force, according to the Associated Press.

Two women in masks, seated at a table, consult over a sheaf of papers.

Next to a "To vote" sign with an arrow, two voters stand in line, a few feet of space between them, after dark.

In a large room, voting machines in the background, people bend over monitors at a table where poll workers are seated.

A closeup of a person wearing a mask that says "Vote."

Yellow caution tape held up by folding chairs delineates waiting lines for voters on a school gymnasium floor.

Light glows through a stained-glass window. Two voters in silhouette stand at voting stations.

A man in a crowd of people wearing masks holds up an illustration of Stacey Abrams with the word "Vote."

A woman with a red shirt with the word "Trump" in glitter gets out of a car, an image of Trump on one window.

President Trump smiles as Kelly Loeffler speaks at a podium.

Joe Biden and Georgia Democratic candidates for Senate wave from a stage.

President Trump, in suit and overcoat, raises a fist on stage.

President-elect Joe Biden, in a mask that says "Vote," holds up his right arm.

Supporters wave flags as they wait for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at a drive-in rally

Amid a crowd of people in red hats, a man in a winter scarf with a U.S. flag motif speaks.

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