Posted on 11/07/2018 4:51:42 AM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: 'You're going to have a chance to do a do-over!' Stacey Abrams REFUSES to concede Georgia governor's race as she predicts absentee ballots will shrink Republican foe's lead enough to trigger December runoff
A defiant Stacey Abrams refused to concede the Georgia governor's race early Wednesday morning, telling her Demorcatic supporters that despite trailing by about 3 percentage points she expected to come back enough to trigger a December runoff.
'You're going to have a chance to do a do-over,' she said, talking to voters in a state where nearly 3.8 million people cast votes in a contest that held the potential for her to be the first black female chief exective of a U.S. state.
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican, led Abrams with 51 per cent of the vote to her 48 per cent. The state's election law calls for a runoff when no candidate wins an outright majority of votes.
If Kemp's lead were 40,000 votes narrower, he would be beneath that threshold.
'Votes remain to be counted,' Abrams said. 'There are voices waiting to be heard. Across our state folks are opening up the dreams of voters in absentee ballots, and we believe our chance for a stronger georgia is just within reach.'
Tens of thousands of absentee votes were mailed to Georgia election officials.
'I promise you tonight we're going to make sure that every vote is counted. Every single vote! Every vote's getting counted!' she said.
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Way closer than I thought it would. Cobb, Gwinnet and Douglas county used to be reliably red. All went blue now.
“Especially with Democrats uncanny ability to find uncounted votes”
Paging LBJ, Paging LBJ, please call the loser in Georgia..
‘Votes remain to be counted,’ Abrams said.
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That’s the key phrase right there. Queue up the car trunk openers.
Wish it was a runaway for our side, but Georgia and other “racist” States have become bastions of Black voters wanting their “reparations”...Hope she turns it into a circus and loses with curses on her lips and a scowl on her face - make a perfect portrait of the Dem Party.
-PJ
Isn't this her third failed state bid?
How long before a few ballot boxes found in a trunk of a car will start to appear?
soros puured untold millions into the Gillum campaign. Very scary.
puured = poured
Georgia GA pushed the absentee thing hard. It might not be as good for the D’s as they think. Here is hoping the Absentees come strong for Kemp. I cannot believe this Marxist radical got this close.
Can't see that happening.
Over in Florida, at least to his credit, Andrew Gillum conceded. Fat Stacey should do the same.
Female voters love Communism.
yep, Security and prosperity aren’t important to them apparently. Feeling good about themselves for having voted for a toke female black in office is what is important!
Same in Florida...way too close for comfort.
That won't move the needle.
Female voters love Communism.
1. World War I (and, by extension WWII)
2. Giving women the right to vote
‘Nuff said.
The real disappointment, for me, is that she got that many votes. The ignorance is strong here in GA. (sigh)
I agree. However, she’s going to have to find over 35,000 votes - for her - more than are found for the R.
One of the great things about high voter turnout is that it is more difficult to manufacture votes because of the risk of more people voting than are registered.
Not military absentee in the past. Many times they remained uncounted if the vote margin was greater than the number of ballots. Don’t know if that has changed
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