My apologies if this has already been discussed, but I just realized that the runoff elections will take place on January 5th, but the rest of the 117th congress takes office on January 3rd. Does this mean that Perdue’s seat will technically be vacant for a few days until the runoff takes place? And if it’s really close (and heads to a recount or something), would it possibly be vacant for a couple weeks?
I believe Loeffler will be able to stay in her seat regardless of how long the ballot counting takes, since she was appointed until the special election concludes, but I’m thinking Perdue’s seat may have to be vacant till the results are known since 2020 was the regularly scheduled election. Am I correct here, or am I missing something?
I now see this was mentioned earlier in the thread, my apologies. It sounds like Kemp could appoint Perdue to the vacancy, I didn't think of that. I wonder if that will happen, or if the seat will just be left vacant?
