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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That’s it exactly. We’ve been there before,
It’s over Kemp is the next Governor. I never thought it would be that close.
yep
You forgot the most important person of all THE OPRAH.
When you have THE OPRAH in your corner, you have got it made in the shade.
People no longer use critical thinking skills. It’s all based on emotion and social media crap.
That could have a big impact on down ballot races. They all should be counted.
The Desantis polls by QU , CNN , NBC were 16 pts off .
That should be illegal .
Ah. Thanks for that context, much appreciated.
Yep. You’ll get no argument from me
“For voters within the country, all absentee ballots must arrive at your county election office by Election Day. If you’re currently a military or overseas voter and you post your absentee ballot on Election Day, make sure it arrives within 3 days”
Georgia absentee ballots are counted when
received. Mailed in late, the ballots
don’t count. What ballots are they waiting
to count? Or am I missing something?
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