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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's why Democrats should have high hopes for winning the senate in Georgia
With Republicans all but certain to hold a 50-48 advantage going into the two runoff elections, this is the mother of all pivotal choices: If one or both Republicans win, Senator Majority Leader Moscow Mitch McConnell will rule the U.S. Senate with an iron discolored fist. If Democrats win both, McConnell will be relegated to shaking it.
Heres your fight card: Journalist Jon Ossoff vs. Senator David Perdue; and Pastor Raphael Warnock vs. Senator Kelly Loeffler. In each race, the Republican candidate was a fitting loyalist of Donald Trump in that they possessed matching financial scandals on their own resumes.
Next on the fight card: The Rev. Warnock, at 51, is an especially compelling candidate, as the pastor of the famed Ebenezer Baptist Church of AtlantaDr. Martin Luther Kings churchwho counted the late, great Rep. John Lewis among his parishioners. The filthy-rich Loeffler could not present a better foil for a man attempting to become Georgias first Black senator.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/heres-why-democrats-should-have-high-hopes-for-winning-the-senate-in-georgia/
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liberalmuse
(18,670 posts)Mitch is toast!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I imagine the entire country will send donations because this is a vital win for the Democrats. If they win McConnells power will be meaningless.
napi21
(45,806 posts)I HOPE the mail-in vote is still active ffor this runoff election. It will make it easier to get people to vote!
ancianita
(35,817 posts)How they take the vote will determine how honest the vote count will be.
yellowdogintexas
(22,133 posts)ancianita
(35,817 posts)Salviati
(6,002 posts)You can request a mail in ballot until Nov 18.
Register to vote through Dec 7.
Early Voting Starts Dec 14.
https://hotspotatl.com/3950930/georgia-runoff-election-on-jan-5th/
ancianita
(35,817 posts)SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)SCLumbeelady
(37 posts)SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)Nimble_Idea
(1,803 posts)mwooldri
(10,291 posts)If Dems stay home, the Rs win.
Cha
(295,943 posts)Democracy!
John Lewis would be so Happy right Now!
Cha
(295,943 posts)Blue Owl
(49,950 posts)Is there even one thing likable about McConnell? Even some of my MAGA relatives hate his guts....
dem in texas
(2,672 posts)She backs a bill to have a girl's genitals examined before the girl can participate in School Athletics.
No way in Hell would I have ever allowed my daughters to undergo an examination of their genitals. This is crazy!
TigressDem
(5,121 posts)I sent a THANK YOU to soscontact@sos.ga.gov and thanked him for basically telling his fellow Rethugs to go stuff themselves.
SOME Republicans still have that thing called, oh what's it called? Oh yeah, integrity. I know an endangered trait, but wow.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)moonscape
(4,664 posts)- Is there absentee voting for runoffs
- Early voting or just same day?
- Polling place locations the same, i.e. more restricted for minorities?
That's a big crunch if it has to be all on the same day with a raging pandemic.
Thankfully Abrams is on the case!
ramblin_dave
(1,546 posts)Here's the link to request a ballot
https://ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov/
More info...
https://www.savannahnow.com/news/20201109/georgia-senate-runoff-absentee-ballot-request-portal-up-early-voting-scheduled
NBachers
(17,008 posts)This sends all your contributions right to Ground Zero, with no bites taken out except for your ActBlue tip. I've already donated fifty bucks, and I'll be donating way more:
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dufor2020runoff
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,047 posts)mercuryblues
(14,491 posts)the population in Georgia is about 10.7 million. The Atlanta metro area is about 5.8 million. It was the Atlanta metro area that pushed Biden over the top.
Good thing Abrams is on our side.
And probably the reason the two GOP senators are wanting the current GOP Secretary of State to resign. From what I've read, he is trying to run a fair election, which in Georgia benefits the Dems.