GA-06 and SC-05 election day & results thread

[Tintrlvr]

13,787 votes in DeKalb as of 3:00, about 1,000 less than R1
https://mobile.twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/877262286053941250

But with nearly three hours left. They will most likely exceed that especially in the last couple of hours when people leave work.

dekalb county democrats, for the most part, either don't work or work at jobs like wendy's and raising cane's where they can't get off from work to vote

This is northern DeKalb genius, mostly white collar, educated, and suburban, not the inner city part.

Don't use "inner city" as a synonym for "mostly black" or for "poor". There is no part of DeKalb County that is in the middle of a city.

[Virginiá]

To keep things in perspective...

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Even that seems off. If Ossoff wins this, there is no guarantee he will win again in 2018. The kind of exposure and support he has generated will probably give him an incumbency advantage, but at the end of the day, it is still a traditionally Republican district until at least a few more election cycles prove otherwise.

[Sorenroy]

What time do the polls close

7pm Eastern, except for two precincts that will be open until 7:30 due to technical issues this morning.

What does that mean for when the first results come in? 7:00 or 7:30?

[The Other Castro]

Dave Wasserman @Redistrict
We could be talking >250k total votes in #GA06. When's last time turnout for a stand-alone special was that high? I can't find an example.

https://twitter.com/redistrict/status/877274782437437440

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Conservatives turn out in record numbers to deny poor people a "livable wage".

[Southern Delegate matthew27]

Conservatives turn out in record numbers to deny poor people a "livable wage".

Isn't it amazing that follows of Jesus Christ are also the most unlike him? Sad.

[Technocracy Timmy]

Regardless of outcome, we're sure to see a ton of hot (and hyperbolic) takes. Should be amusing and/or really frustrating.

Hopefully things turn out better here than whatever happened in Assaultana^TM.

[GeorgiaModerate]

What time do the polls close

7pm Eastern, except for two precincts that will be open until 7:30 due to technical issues this morning.

What does that mean for when the first results come in? 7:00 or 7:30?

We don't usually get results immediately when the polls close.  I'd guess 7:45 at the earliest.

[NOVA Green]

What time do the polls close

7pm Eastern, except for two precincts that will be open until 7:30 due to technical issues this morning.

What does that mean for when the first results come in? 7:00 or 7:30?

We don't usually get results immediately when the polls close.  I'd guess 7:45 at the earliest.

When will we know the total number of votes cast?

Is that information available shortly after the polls closed, since that obviously impacts the election modelling and benchmarks, etc?

[Sorenroy]

Can anyone tell my why precinct AP07B (central Fulton) is even legal? Not only is it not contiguous, it's in four different pieces.

[Oryxslayer]

Can anyone tell my why precinct AP07B (central Fulton) is even legal? Not only is it not contiguous, it's in four different pieces.

There is no rules determining what makes a precinct.  Some have 0 voters in them, some have tentacles, some are disconnected. This is usually because the city decided to do some weird annexations earlier in it's life and the precinct tries to follow city lines.

[Matty]

Any reason ossof is down 7 cents on predictitt today?

[Skye]

IMO, anything other than a >5-point margin for Handel is bad for the GOP.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Any reason ossof is down 7 cents on predictitt today?

People are coming back to reality, and reality is you probably don't want to bet your money on him.

[Classic Conservative]

Fox is reporting that there is Presidential Election turnout amongst republicans.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Fox is reporting that there is Presidential Election turnout amongst republicans.

Based on what?  There are no exit polls that I know of.

[Confused Democrat]

What time do the polls close

7pm Eastern, except for two precincts that will be open until 7:30 due to technical issues this morning.

What does that mean for when the first results come in? 7:00 or 7:30?

We don't usually get results immediately when the polls close.  I'd guess 7:45 at the earliest.

Knowing GA, we probably won't get them till 9:45 lol.

[Classic Conservative]

Any reason ossof is down 7 cents on predictitt today?

People are coming back to reality, and reality is you probably don't want to bet your money on him.

They were saying there is high turnout in Republican areas.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Why does everyone pronounce it "DeKab" even though it's Dekalb?

[NOVA Green]

Fox is reporting that there is Presidential Election turnout amongst republicans.

So that's a wrap folks...

Time to switch over to the sports channels.

Fun while it lasted though.

[Progressive]

Any more Nate Cohn, et al. updates about turnout suggesting result?

[NOVA Green]

Any more Nate Cohn, et al. updates about turnout suggesting result?

Nate Cohn a few minutes ago..."the turnout model is live"

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-congressional-runoff-ossoff-handel?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

[Confused Democrat]

Why does everyone pronounce it "DeKab" even though it's Dekalb?

Jonathan Orr-Stav from Quora says:

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[Suburbia]

I believe one county in GA-06 extended voting hours.

[Classic Conservative]

I believe one county in GA-06 extended voting hours.

2 precincts, for a half an hour.