[wastedyears]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think I heard that a candidate must get at least 50% of the vote to be elected in GA, and neither one got that.

[Man50D]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think I heard that a candidate must get at least 50% of the vote to be elected in GA, and neither one got that.

My understanding is that is the purpose of the runoff. I'm sure there are some Georgia freepers who have more detailed information.

[Gary Johnson in 2012]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think I heard that a candidate must get at least 50% of the vote to be elected in GA, and neither one got that.

Is that not the reason why there is a run-off election on December 2nd between Chambliss and Martin in the first place?

[Arizona Carolyn]

Correct and in this case as well as MN there was a third party who gummed up the works. Anyone who thinks third parties are a good thing need look no farther than this, MN and Ross Perot.. they always seem to begat a democrat in the end.

[epow]

You're not wrong. Ga election law requires a majority plus 1 to avoid a runoff. IIRC Chambliss got 49%, Martin got 47%, and 4% went to the Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley. I'm pretty sure that if Buckley had not been in the race Chambliss would have won with probably 52%.

But now it all depends on turnout, and also on how much vote fraud the Democrat thugs in metro Atlanta can get away with, and that's usually a lot. Given the critical importance of this race in the next Senate's makeup I expect massive fraud by the Democrats all over the state, not just Atlanta.