Things aren’t over quite yet: Both Georgia Senate races are headed to a January 2021 runoff that could decide Senate control.
This is where we are: Democrats (including the 2 independent senators Sanders and King) currently hold 48 seats. Republicans currently hold 50 seats.
If Democrats gain the 2 seats from the runoffs (Ossoff and Warnock) we will be able to TIE the Senate 50-50. In which case, Kamala Harris, the VP, will tie-break votes in favor of the Democrats, therefore giving us a “majority” in the Senate.
I cannot stress enough how important this is for Democrats. We need to get both Ossoff and Warnock in, otherwise Biden will have a very difficult time getting anything done in office over the next 4 years.
FOR GEORGIA VOTERS:
MARK YOUR CALENDARS. The federal runoff election date (aka for the Senate seats) is JANUARY 5, 2021! (State and local runoffs are held December 1, 2020!)
Request an absentee ballot by NOVEMBER 18, 2020.THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE, EVEN IF YOU VOTED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. For those who voted absentee in the General Election, you will NOT be automatically sent another absentee ballot for the runoff if you don’t make a separate request for one! Your prior absentee ballot request for the General Election does not apply to the runoff!
Early voting for the runoff will begin on DECEMBER 14, 2020. (Please get your ballots in before the Jan. 5 deadline, and try to drop off your ballots instead of mailing them in when it gets very close. For info on in-person voting on election day, check here.)
Check your voting status, track your ballot, find polling locations, verify your mail-in application status, and moreHERE.
Are you 17 years old but will be 18 by JANUARY 5, 2021? You are eligible to vote in the runoffs!
If you’re a college student coming from another state who is currently living on-campus or off-campus in Georgia, you can register to vote in the Georgia runoffs. (Go here, here and here for more info about this.)
Go here to find the contact info of your county’s board of registrar’s office. Contact them to discuss the voting options available to you!
For those who can’t vote in Georgia, but still want to help with the Senate runoffs somehow, please consider donating to the following and/or encouraging your friends and family to do so:
Letter writing starts soon too! Look here or here to learn more!
Want to donate but you’re not in the US? Try an organization like Spread the Vote!
Email Fair Fight/Stacey Abrams at Organizing@FairFightAction.com and indicate your interest to volunteer for the Georgia Senate runoffs!
/r/VoteDEM is also a great resource! It is a subreddit dedicated to promoting and helping elect downballot Democratic candidates all across the US.
More good sources of volunteering opportunities, including opportunities to volunteer directly with/for Ossoff’s and Warnock’s teams can be found at the Read More at the bottom of this post.
If anyone has more helpful info, please reblog and add it or contact me. Info in this post may be updated, so please check the original post if you find broken links or outdated info.
Finally, if you can’t vote, donate, or volunteer, please reblog and sharethis via Facebook, Instagram, etc. Everything helps. Thank you!
We can do this. We can flip the Senate and take backthe next 4 years.
lets be real. supernatural was shit. sherlock was shit. doctor who is just fun campy sci fi adventures. it didn’t deserve to be lumped in with the other two
doctor who definately became shit after it was lumped with the other two. but thats more because thats the time moffat took over
