Democrats Jon Ossoff (right) and Raphael WarnockPosted on 12/30/2020 8:54:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Georgia's January 5th runoff for two US Senate Seats will decide whether Republicans keep the chamber, or cede power to Congressional Democrats - allowing the incoming Biden administration to swiftly execute their agenda.Democrats Jon Ossoff (right) and Raphael Warnock
And thanks to a landslide of absentee voting amid near-record turnout, the special election between Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, and incumbent GOP Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, will likely drag on for days, if not weeks, according to Bloomberg.
In the Nov. 3 contest, the results were so close that it took 10 days before television networks projected that Democrat Joe Biden won Georgia. The state didn’t certify his victory for another week, and it was certified twice more, lastly on Dec. 7.
With the runoff elections expected to be similarly tight, the results are likely to be slow again, leaving control of the U.S. Senate in doubt well into next month. -Bloomberg
"Almost no chance it’s called on election night," according to political scientist Kerwin Swint of Kennesaw State University.
Bloomberg also predicts that just like the November 3 election, the initial results will swing in favor of the Republicans, with Democrats gaining ground from mail-in and absentee ballots. Notably, former GA gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has bragged that 1.2 million absentee ballots have already been requested.
Meanwhile,
Abrams' sister, Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner, ordered that two Georgia counties reverse their decision to remove 4,000 likely ineligible voters from the rolls.
U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner ordered local election officials in Georgia to allow voting by more than 4,000 people whose eligibility was being challenged
"We know from the numbers that we’re in a good place; 1.2 million absentee ballots have been requested thus far," she told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" two weeks ago, adding that 85,000 of them were new voters.
According to the latest figures from the Georgia Secretary of State's office, over 2.3 million votes have already been cast, including over 802,000 returned absentee ballots and over 1.5 million people voting in person.
Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue"And then here comes the lawyers on horseback," predicts Democratic political consultant Rick Dent, who worked for former Georgia Senator Zell Miller (D).
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will travel to Savannah on Sunday to campaign on behalf of Ossoff and Warnock, while President-elect Joe Biden will travel to Atlanta on Monday to do the same.
All eyes on the vote
While Democrats gear up for record mail-in and absentee voting, Republicans will be (or at least, should be) keeping a close eye on the contest amid widespread claims of election fraud in Georgia and other states.
"No matter what shenanigans they did in November, we know what they were up to, and now we’re watching," Perdue said at a Tuesday rally. "And we’re going to do everything we can to make this election in January clear, transparent and fair."
One official said Tuesday the state hopes counties will have processed all the absentee ballots they receive up to Jan. 5, so that all they need to process on Election Day will be what arrives that day before 7 p.m.
But the official, who asked not to be identified to speak freely, said that most counties had counted all their absentee ballots before the general election on Nov. 3, and it still took days to process the last-minute arrivals.
Swint said that counting process “will probably be at least a few days, and then very likely court challenges after that.” -Bloomberg
"The process will follow whatever course the process must take," said Ossoff on Tuesday when asked about potential lawsuits surrounding the runoff. "We will see how the process unfolds to make sure every ballot is counted."
According to Dent, meanwhile, "It’s going to be the election that never ends."
Her SISTER is a JUDGE??? WTF hasn’t she been taken off this case???
President-Elect gw-ington is filing this article in the folder labeled, "Duh!"
RE: Her SISTER is a JUDGE??? WTF hasn’t she been taken off this case?
She did not even have the decency to RECUSE herself from the case for conflict of interest.
The runoff election needs to be stopped. The same fraud is still in place.
Of course not....but SOMEONE would be OVER her, NO??
I find it impossible to believe after what has gone on that the Left will have any chance of doing it again. Cheating is one thing when it is not being actively looked for but it is quite another when everyone and their Uncle is laser focused on it.
Making it more difficult for the libs is the fact Trump did not fold his tent and slink away into the night as was expected but chose instead to stay and fight to the bitter end. By doing so he kept alive the cheating scandal so now almost 50% of voters believe there was cheating by Biden.
Cheating in this case would be like robbing a bank when the robbers know the police have been tipped off about the bank being robbed.
Warnock could lose by 10 pts. and Abrams will still say he won.
Warnock could lose by 10 pts. and Abrams will still say he won.
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And her sister the judge will throw out all legal challenges.
What a f’n farce, they’re in the process of making phony ballots as we speak. They’ll keep counting until the RATS wins. Preposterous to think that Abrams sister, an incompetent federal judge, is allowed to rule on voter eligibility. Where the hell is the gutless GOP. Romney’s niece should be fired as GOP chairwoman.
BREAKING BIG: Expert Witness Says His Team Has Hacked into the Georgia Senate Runoff Elections — “We are in.” Witness Says Voting System Is Connected to Internet
RE: Expert Witness Says His Team Has Hacked into the Georgia Senate Runoff Elections — “We are in.”
What ever happened to Overstock Found Patrick Byrne’s allegation that he has a Microsoft Security expert who said that he saw a Dominion Machine specifically with a network connection to the internet via a smart thermostat in the building?
If we had voter ID and reverted to paper ballots there would be no question. So why don’t we?
RE: If we had voter ID and reverted to paper ballots there would be no question. So why don’t we?
BECAUSE OF COVID. People are supposed to be afraid to go to the precincts and vote in person, therefore, they are sent mail-in ballots instead ( and herein lies the huge susceptibility to fraud ).
I suggest that if you do not go to the polling place to vote, then you do not vote! It’s that simple.
RE: I suggest that if you do not go to the polling place to vote, then you do not vote! It’s that simple.
What about the elderly and vulnerable ones who fear CoVid-19 infection?
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