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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,697 posts)
Mon Dec 7, 2020, 09:35 PM Dec 2020

Over 1M Absentee Ballots Requested So Far for Georgia Senate Runoffs, 75% of State's November Electi

Source: Newsweek

More than 1 million absentee ballots have already been requested for Georgia's Senate runoffs next month, which is 75 percent of the total absentee ballots requested in the November 3 presidential election.

Gabriel Sterling, a top Georgia election official, said at a news conference Monday that 1,037,172 absentee ballot applications have been put into the voter registration system. There are an additional 39,259 ballots that are on the dashboard for the online request process, bringing the total to 1,076,431.

According to Sterling, more than 43,000 absentee ballots have been returned and accepted by counties around the state.

Data from the secretary of state's office showed 628,505 of the current requests are from the rollover list, which includes people over the age of 65, the disabled and military voters who can check a box on their first absentee ballot application each year and have an absentee ballot sent to them automatically for every election in that year.



Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/over-1m-absentee-ballots-requested-so-far-for-georgia-senate-runoffs-75percent-of-states-november-election-total/ar-BB1bIdbw?li=BBnb7Kz



So are we going to get complaints and lawsuits claiming fraud when Loeffler and Perdue lose?
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Over 1M Absentee Ballots Requested So Far for Georgia Senate Runoffs, 75% of State's November Electi (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2020 OP
Several DU members say they have not received their ballots. Hope this is not patricia92243 Dec 2020 #1
Let's hope more Dems have requested these ballots FloridaBlues Dec 2020 #2
You gotta give them some time. ga_girl Dec 2020 #5
Damn right we will hear complaints and law suits when we win. LiberalLovinLug Dec 2020 #3
I hope that at least Mitchy won't call for their assassination - the way Trent Lott did with Hillary sandensea Dec 2020 #4
K&R. nt Wednesdays Dec 2020 #6

FloridaBlues

(4,668 posts)
2. Let's hope more Dems have requested these ballots
Mon Dec 7, 2020, 10:35 PM
Dec 2020

because we know repubs will show on Election Day.

ga_girl

(208 posts)
5. You gotta give them some time.
Tue Dec 8, 2020, 12:47 AM
Dec 2020

It takes time to print the ballots and to personalize the mailing envelopes. Also, Gwinnett takes longer because of the bilingual consent agreement.

In the primary a good friend bitched about her ballot not showing up quickly enough. It hit her mail box the following week. Mine didn't arrive for about two more weeks. Both were received in plenty of time to return via USPS. Advanced voting doesn't even start until next week.

My absentee is sitting on the kitchen table, ready to be taken to an AIP location when convenient.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,685 posts)
3. Damn right we will hear complaints and law suits when we win.
Mon Dec 7, 2020, 11:22 PM
Dec 2020

If fact, I'm looking forward to it in some sick way.

I can only imagine how much louder the wailing and gnashing of teeth will be if we actually won both seats. I would enjoy watching MAGAts heads explode.

sandensea

(23,336 posts)
4. I hope that at least Mitchy won't call for their assassination - the way Trent Lott did with Hillary
Tue Dec 8, 2020, 12:24 AM
Dec 2020

"Maybe lightning will strike, and she'll never make it to the Senate."

Every man, woman, and child in Mississippi knew what he meant.

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