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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!
  
• Register to vote for the runoff by DECEMBER 7, 2020.
  
• 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 more HERE.
• 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!
  
• Check the official Georgia website for more runoff election information. 
  

FOR NON-GEORGIA VOTERS WHO WANT TO HELP:

DONATING

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:

• Stacey Abrams/Fair Fight - https://fairfight.com or https://secure.actblue.com/donate/fair-fight-1
• Jon Ossoff - https://electjon.com or https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jon-ossoff-1
• Raphael Warnock - https://warnockforgeorgia.com or https://secure.actblue.com/donate/warnock-for-georgia-1
• Donate to the Flip the Senate Fund if you don’t have time to volunteer but have a few dollars to spare!
  

If you’re not able to donate, even just sharing this with others makes a big difference!

VOLUNTEERING

If you can donate your time instead of money, please consider volunteering.

• Begin at this volunteer from home spreadsheet! This is continuously updated with the latest volunteering opportunities!
  
• If you are in or near Georgia, help voters cure their ballots!
• You can also start making calls for Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff wherever you are!
• Phone bank or text bank with Fair Fight!
• And you can write postcards from anywhere at any time!
• 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 share this via Facebook, Instagram, etc. Everything helps. Thank you!

We can do this. We can flip the Senate and take back the next 4 years.

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