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MaxQue
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« on: November 12, 2020, 05:33:19 PM »
Quote from: TheElectoralBoobyPrize on November 12, 2020, 05:30:20 PM
Quote from: BLORGIA, FIRST OF ITS NAME, BANE OF MILLENIALMODERATE on November 12, 2020, 05:26:15 PM
Quote from: TheElectoralBoobyPrize on November 12, 2020, 05:15:28 PM
I’m sorry to ask a question that’s probably been addressed multiple times already, but I only found this out today....

Why are the runoffs AFTER the new Congress is seated? Who came up with that?

This is a Jim Crow era rule to prevent candidates from winning with Black support, basically. The runoffs used to be in December, but I think a lawsuit forced Georgia to move the federal runoffs to January.

Yeah, I know all about the racial motivations behind runoffs, but a runoff in Jan. after the new Congress is seated? So the seats will actually be vacant for a couple days? Perdue and Loeffler won’t be incumbents on Election Day?

It is needed to have the minimum of 45 days between certification of the November election and the runoff needed by the federal UOCAVA Act (so the military and overseas ballots are sent and returned in time).
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« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2021, 10:43:17 PM »
Quote from: MillennialModerate on January 05, 2021, 10:42:25 PM
I don’t get the margins are

70k for Kelly
109k for Perdue

Yes Dekalb is outstanding but GOP will pick up votes in almost every remaining area other than that?

So this is a dead tossup...

There is next to no remaining areas outside of Atlanta Metro.
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