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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAbrams buys TV ads for runoff as Kemp accuses her of 'desperate ploy'
By DANIEL STRAUSS 11/09/2018 06:36 PM EST
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/09/georgia-2018-elections-stacey-abrams-runoff-982557
Republican Brian Kemp says the race is over, and he's the winner. Democrat Stacey Abrams is purchasing TV time for a runoff election.
The candidates in one of the nation's most closely watched elections this year the race for Georgia governor are living in parallel universes amid a rancorous partisan fight over thousands of yet-to-be-counted ballots.
Abrams' campaign manager tweeted Friday that her team had just approved a $250,000 TV buy as it prepares for "all possibilities." The Abrams campaign is proceeding as if the race is going to a runoff Kemp is currently just above the majority threshold to avoid one or a recount.
Since Tuesday's election, Abrams has refused to concede while Kemp has declared victory and started preparations to succeed outgoing Gov. Nathan Deal. The Associated Press has not called the race for Kemp even though the tallies on election night showed Kemp ahead. The Abrams campaign estimates it needs to net about 26,000 votes for a runoff to be triggered, and about 24,000 votes for a recount to occur.
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Just like in AZ, FL, the 11 or so pending house races, ALL THE VOTES SHOULD BE COUNTED.
It's unfair to just count ballots of those who voted on election day or early voting places. The absentee and mail-in ballots should all be counted. Then you declare the winner.
I'm sickened over what's happening with not counting the ppl's votes.
Takket
(21,625 posts)hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)iluvtennis
(19,871 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)She knows what she's doing.. Stacey would be such an excellent Gov for Georgia.
YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)These Repugs are unbelievable, unless you are a brainwashed redneck, in which case, they are the sole source of truth.
True_Blue
(3,063 posts)It's so refreshing to see a Democrat stand up & fight against the GOP's dirty tricks instead of immediately conceeding.
GA's election was the most corrupt I've ever seen and I'm pretty old. Kemp needs to be arrested and GA needs a new election. Maybe this time they can use those 700 brand new still wrapped voting machines that Kemp stored away in a warehouse.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)Sell those machines for the scrap metal that they are. Paper ballots take longer to count, but they provide a verifiable election.