Over 2.3 million people have cast votes in the U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia, an elections official said Tuesday. About 800,000 cast ballots by mail and 1.5 million voted in person, Gabriel Sterling with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office said during an appearance on Newsmax. Overall, 2.337 million Georgians have cast votes, Sterling said. Another 500,000 absentee ballots, or mail ballots, were requested and have not been returned yet. Sterling urged people to vote by mail or during early voting, noting that ice storms can strike in the state in January. “I’m here tonight to encourage everybody to take advantage of the early voting in-person, or the absentee if you’re doing that,” he said. According to Georgia Votes, an election project that draws from state figures, more than 2.5 million people have voted. Most are 50 or older. In the runoffs, Democrat Raphael Warnock, a pastor, is challenging …