750 Thousand Georgians Are Ready To Vote For The January Runoff Elections
The determination of the party that controls the US Senate is due in January 5, but the flow of applications for absentee ballots in Georgia is already breaking records.
According to official information, more than 760,000 Georgians have already requested the runoff elections, and electoral dropboxes will be used to collect these ballots, even though the deadline for using the boxes will end in December.
????BREAKING: More than 750,000 Georgians have requested their ballots for the January 5 runoff elections. Have you? Request yours today and let’s get it done... again: https://t.co/xCyh7BhY3o. ???????????? #gapol pic.twitter.com/q1xSybczXg
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) November 23, 2020
According to the Georgia Board of Elections, the number of requests is three times higher than in 2018.
At the moment, the Senate consists of 50 Republicans and 48 Democrats, subject to a victory in Georgia, the political strength of the Democrats will equal the opposition.
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