Congratulations, Kemp. You played yourself.

[crickets]

Link to tweet

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp might not be able to vote because he’s in quarantine after close contact with U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson, who tested positive for the coronavirus Friday.

AJC version:
https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-gov-kemp-may-not-be-able-to-vote-during-covid-19-quarantine/3MIZ35DEYFAQXNAQQVMSKPZD4A/

But an absentee ballot requested Friday is unlikely to arrive in the mail before polls close Tuesday. Georgia law and a court ruling required all absentee ballots to be received by county election officials before 7 p.m. on Election Day.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.

[SheltieLover]

1. Poetic justice

[PCIntern]

2. He will show up and vote.

What the hell has he got to lose?

[crickets]

3. AJC is preemptively shaming him out of trying to do that.

Kemp also couldn’t vote in person on Tuesday without violating coronavirus guidelines from the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For all its current embattled status, Georgians are proud of the CDC. Kemp could try to vote, but I don't know that he'd get away with it without making a huge stink. Huge even for him.

[torius]

4. Quel dommage

Boo hoo hoo.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Post Office could make a special delivery.

Post Office could make a special delivery.

[lagomorph777]

7. That would look even worse.

[Ms. Toad]

6. Most states have excmptions for health emergencies -

that allow people unexpectedly unable to make it to the polls for health reasons to have someone hand carry the ballot to them and hand carry it back.

I'd be very surprised if Georgia doesn't have that option.

ETA: They do have that option:

Many states have special provisions to help get an absentee ballot to a voter who is unable to get to the polls on Election Day. For example:

Election officials will deliver an absentee ballot to voters confined due to a medical emergency in Arizona, California, Georgia, Minnesota, Vermont and West Virginia.

https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/absentee-voting-in-case-of-a-personal-emergency.aspx

[pnwmom]

12. Yeah, but isn't this what the article says the law in Georgia says?

Maybe I missed something, but the Gov. hasn't been hospitalized, he's just stuck at home, so he might be out of luck.


Georgia
O.C.G.A. § 21-2-384

Hospitalized voters can have an absentee ballot delivered to the hospital by an election official during the period five days before the election.

[fierywoman]

8. Isn't he the schmuck who stole the governorship from Stacy Abrams?

[djacq]

9. The same former Secretary of State of Georgia who stole the election from Stacey Abrams?

LMFAO

[CountMyVote4Reality]

10. Karma for Kemp. So deserving.

Options

1. AB: On Friday, 9/18, I emailed (not USPS) my GA AB request to my county BOE office and followed up with a phone call the same day to confirm that it was received and all was in order. It took 4 weeks for me to receive my AB via USPS on 10/19. I dropped it off in person at one of my county BOE drop boxes several days later. Must say that Georgia's online AB tracking system is pretty impressive. Besides my initial confirmation call to the county BOE, I was able to track various steps online including its final receipt and approval. NOTE: The deadline to receive a GA AB request was 10/30. If Gubnor Jethro could pull some strings and obtain/complete/return his AB in one single visit, this would be the way to go. He would encounter the least amount of people.

2. In person: This is obviously the Jethro route since for the longest time he had no idea the COVID could be spread by someone with no symptoms. Plus, he is an arrogant dumb ass which negates public shaming as a viable deterrent. Oh wait, Sen. Perdue was publicly shamed and humiliated by challenger Ossoff in their last debate prompting Perdue to cancel their final debate before the election.

3. Provisional ballot? Yes, crickets. He played himself.

Finally, I hope all involved are safe and wish them a speedy recovery. Prayers for a cure for stupid.

[CountMyVote4Reality]

11. I know that "Education" is the cure for stupid, but...

there are none so stupid as those who will not learn.