ATLANTA – Georgia voters will go back to the polls next month to choose their state Senator after neither candidate received the necessary number of votes to declare victory.
Neither Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock nor Republican challenger Herschel Walker surpassed the 50% threshold needed and will faceoff once again on Dec. 6.
“I’m telling you right now – I didn’t come to lose,” Walker said.
According to CNN, runoffs in Georgia are more straightforward than general elections in that the candidate with the most votes wins regardless of whether they reach 50% or not.
Georgia’s top elections official, Brad Raffensperger, said counties are already preparing for the December 6 election, and voters can request absentee ballots starting Wednesday through November 28 via the state’s online portal.
Early voting must begin by November 28 in all counties, but Raffensperger said his office anticipates some counties could have early voting on Saturday, November 26 or Sunday, November 27. “We are working with the counties to find out what their plans are on this front,” he said.
Warnock has yet to address the pending runoff but had this to say yesterday.
“We’re not sure if this journey is over today, or if there’s still a little work yet to do, but here’s what we do know: We know that when they’re finished counting the votes from today’s election, we’re going to have received more votes than my opponent.”
Warnock was the highest vote-getter finishing with 1,941,499 while Walker received 1,906,246.
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The is no doubt that vote harvesting (trick or treat) and/or vote by proxy (surmised right to universal enfranchisement) manifested as a distinctive DEM winning trait in our election system. Maybe we will see a lesser impact with instant Walker/Warnock runoff. However to be smart Walker must abide to a woman’s ultimate reproductive call (prerogative)!!