(image via Depositphotos)Most runoff elections see lower turnout than general elections.
However, Georgia is seeing record-breaking turnout in advance of the December 6 Senate runoff between incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and former football player Herschel Walker (R).
Well…we did it. New record turnout. We had 309,083 Georgians cast their vote early today. This is a testament to Georgia voters and election workers. Keep it going Georgia! 3 more days of Early Voting! #gapol pic.twitter.com/qtw589kynb
— Gabriel Sterling (@GabrielSterling) November 30, 2022
From Axios:
The Peach State set a new record for daily turnout during early voting on Tuesday, after setting the previous record on Monday.
What’s happening: While the state’s general election had three weeks of early voting, this shortened four-week runoff just has one week.
The big picture: As of Tuesday evening, more than 800,000 Georgians had voted in the runoff — which will define whether Democrats expand their Senate majority with a pivotal additional seat or whether the 50-50 majority remains for the remainder of President Biden’s term.
Read the full report here.
And there’s this from U.S. News & World Report: “A massive early vote turnout from groups that tend to favor Democrats would appear to be an advantage for Sen. Raphael Warnock in his runoff contest against Republican Herschel Walker.”
More: Herschel Walker – ‘We Need Gas-Guzzling Cars Cause We Got Good Emissions Under Those Cars’
In related news, Walker seems to be in some kind of tax or voter fraud kerfuffle.
It seems he takes a homestead tax exemption for his home in Texas, but he’s registered to vote in Georgia.
If Herschel Walker lives in Georgia but claimed homestead in Texas, that’s tax fraud.
If he lives in Texas but is registered to vote in Georgia (he is, registered in 2021), that’s voter fraud.
He definitely committed one of these crimes, so which is it?
— Farron Cousins (@farronbalanced) November 28, 2022