When will the Point of Light Defeat the Great Satan of Outsourcing?

[KCDem]

Discuss...

[ElectionsGuy]

Since when did 'spanking' started to be used as a descriptive term around here?

But yeah, Nunn will lose, sorry to break it to you.

[KCDem]

Since when did 'spanking' started to be used as a descriptive term around here?

But yeah, Nunn will lose, sorry to break it to you.

Your overconfidence is your weakness. Nunn is leading and close to 50, the DSCC is pouring in millions, Nunn will have a 2-1 ad advantage, and this race is personal to take back Max Cleland's stolen seat.

Perdue's bottom will be covered in welts once this race is through.

[ElectionsGuy]

Since when did 'spanking' started to be used as a descriptive term around here?

But yeah, Nunn will lose, sorry to break it to you.

Your overconfidence is your weakness. Nunn is leading and close to 50, the DSCC is pouring in millions, Nunn will have a 2-1 ad advantage, and this race is personal to take back Max Cleland's stolen seat.

Perdue's bottom will be covered in welts once this race is through.

80% of Atlasians agree with me when I say that. 538, Upshot, and and Larry Sabato also agree as well.

[KCDem]

Since when did 'spanking' started to be used as a descriptive term around here?

But yeah, Nunn will lose, sorry to break it to you.

Your overconfidence is your weakness. Nunn is leading and close to 50, the DSCC is pouring in millions, Nunn will have a 2-1 ad advantage, and this race is personal to take back Max Cleland's stolen seat.

Perdue's bottom will be covered in welts once this race is through.

80% of Atlasians agree with me when I say that. 538, Upshot, and and Larry Sabato also agree as well.

80% of Europeans in 1940 thought the Reich would last 1000 years. Liberation was instead imminent...

[DrScholl]

With the additional money being put in by the DSCC and Perdue's outsourcing comment, it's crazy to count Nunn out. She's got a better chance than Terri Lynn Land, who was highly overrated this cycle.

[Indy Texas]

Could someone explain why the runoff is happening after the term the election is for will have already started (on January 3)?

[Mr. Morden]

Wait, I haven't actually been paying attention to this, so this is news to me….the runoff isn't until January?  So then, if it does go to a runoff, the seat will be vacant on Jan. 3, not to be filled until after the runoff is held?

If the balance of power is one seat, does this throw a monkey wrench into the organization of the Senate, since the majority could shift from one party to the other after the runoff?

[Adam Griffin]

Could someone explain why the runoff is happening after the term the election is for will have already started (on January 3)?

Because the South has to make everything harder and more complicated than it needs to be.

Until this year, GA law had both runoffs on the same day, 28 days after the general election. The state got sued over this, since federal law demands that finalized absentee ballots for federal offices have to be shipped to overseas military personnel at least 45 days before the election. A Federal judge ruled that Georgia had to make its election calendar comply with the law, and gave them two months two submit proposed alterations. Rather than offer something sensible, the state's plan amounted to, "ok, like, get this, let's say we keep the calender the same -- but what if we let the soldiers keep voting after the election is over??" The judge correctly dismissed this as a bad idea; since the state had no other plans, nobody in the state legislature had proposed any sort of change to the law either, and the 2014 election cycle was rapidly approaching, the judge was forced to provide permanent injunctive relief and change the law himself. The judge followed the doctrine of minimum change, maintaining the runoff system and only pushing back the runoffs for offices that were relevant to the suit; he placed the federal runoff all the way in January instead of the minimum 45 days because he was concerned that an election right around Christmas would have terrible turnout

[Adam Griffin]

On Epiphany Day, Georgia will have an epiphany!

[Bacon King]

Wait, I haven't actually been paying attention to this, so this is news to me….the runoff isn't until January?  So then, if it does go to a runoff, the seat will be vacant on Jan. 3, not to be filled until after the runoff is held?

If the balance of power is one seat, does this throw a monkey wrench into the organization of the Senate, since the majority could shift from one party to the other after the runoff?

oh man and it would also interfere with potential shenanigans from Orman, Pressler, plus maybe King, regarding caucus affiliation

With runoffs likely in Georgia and Louisiana, an increasing likelihood that new independent Senators will be elected, plus the possibility that the Senate GOP Caucus might even find themselves without a leader in January, this election is becoming very exciting even with most of the best parts not happening until well after election day

[Maxwell]

Perdue's bum will be welt free, nice try tho buddy.

[Lief 🗽]

Wait, how come Louisiana's run-off in December doesn't break the absentee ballot law?

[Free Bird]

Perdue's bum will be welt free, nice try tho buddy.

[Bacon King]

Wait, how come Louisiana's run-off in December doesn't break the absentee ballot law?

Actually, Louisiana was already in compliance with the Military and Overseas Voters Empowerment Act when it was passed in 2009. Since the 90's they've given a special IRV runoff ballot to overseas absentee voters alongside the standard general election ballot. On the IRV ballot, they rank the candidates and their runoff vote goes to whichever candidate they ranked higher. After the MOVE Act was passed, Louisiana's system was adopted by Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and South Carolina to keep their runoffs in compliance with Federal law. Georgia for some reason decided not to do this

more info on the IRV absentee ballot system here