Stacey Abrams, the influential Georgia Democrat, took to Twitter on Monday to report that more than 750,000 Georgians have requested their ballots for the state’s January 5 runoff election that could determine who controls the U.S. Senate.
Abrams linked her tweet to Georgia’s online Absentee Ballot Request form and urged voters to, “Let’s get it done…again,” an apparent reference to Joe Biden’s victory in the Peach State. (President Trump’s legal team has challenged the results in the state and another recount is expected to begin sometime Tuesday.)
Officials from Georgia said that as of Monday morning there have been 762,000 requests for these ballots, which is three times the number requested for the 2018 election.
The state’s election board voted to extend the use of the 24/7 monitored drop boxes for use through the runoffs.
Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Republican, is facing Democrat Raphael Warnock and Sen. David Perdue, another Republican, is facing Democrat Jon Ossoff.
Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report
32no on November 24th, 2020 at 14:38 UTC »
Currently, 762k Georgians have requested an absentee ballot for the runoff. This is 3x the ballots in the 2018 election, but it’s only 42% of the 1.78 million ballots requested for the election that just passed on Nov. 3. However, we still have some time to get absentee ballot requests in which are due by the end of this year. So there’s still work to do.
Request yours here: https://ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov
alexkim804 on November 24th, 2020 at 13:21 UTC »
We should remind all the Trump supporters that Loefler was a Kemp appointee and Trump actually wanted someone else.
LanceBarney on November 24th, 2020 at 12:42 UTC »
With how close Georgia was, it’s going to come down to a mix of who works harder and who’s base is more depressed/content now that Trump is gone.