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The run off has to occur because no one got 50% of the vote? Is that right?
So, what happens if the same thing happens again? I already see where a fuss can once again be made over the count. But, I keep seeing polls where they are awfully close. What does Georgia law say about a second run off?
This vote is only a week away!
AleksS
(1,665 posts)There are two races now with only 2 candidates in each. For a race with 2 candidates to have neither above 50% would require a crazy amount of coincidences or a very strong write in campaign (which might not even be allowedI dont know!)
Midnight Writer
(21,745 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)msongs
(67,395 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)The run-off occurred because no candidate earned over 50% of the vote in the General Election. Under Georgia law, in a run-off election, whomever receives the plurality of the vote wins. A majority is not required in a run-off election.
-Laelth
LisaL
(44,973 posts)Now there are only two candidates per race, so somebody has to get more than 50% of the vote.
dsc
(52,155 posts)that is the Warnock, Lauffler race. The other is a run off due to no one getting 50 percent, that is the Ossoff, Purdue race. In both cases only two candidates remain so either one will get a majority (by far the most likely outcome) or there will be a tie that will be broken by some random method (immensely unlikely).
EndlessWire
(6,513 posts)I can't wait for next Tuesday! We have to win the Senate back!