Discussion: Republican Wins Runoff To Be Georgia's Secretary Of State And Oversee Elections

Raffensperger:

I’m going to make sure that elections are clean, fair and accurate … AND that the Republican always wins.

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A statement from Barrow early Wednesday said, “…we need to make sure that every voice is heard” and that he’ll wait for the remaining ballots to come in and be counted.

I’ll wait with him.

Meanwhile:

“I’m going to make sure that elections are clean, fair and accurate,” he said. “And that’s the No. 1 priority as your next secretary of state.”

That’s very sweet. Where’s his detailed plan?

Every Georgia Democrat should be demanding every day to see it, if they aren’t already.

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I’m going to make sure that elections are clean, fair and accurate,” he said. “And that’s the No. 1 priority as your next secretary of state.”

mmm okay
we will see how that works out in 2020.
reputation at risk = 100%

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What were the vote totals? By what margin did he win?

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Given what we know about the votes in NC, can we ever really be confident about the results of any election where the Republicans in power retain their control?

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It is a good question from an informational standpoint, but technically it hardly matters since a 50.1% win for a Republican is always considered a mandate.

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Note that AP only quotes republican voters, because white republicans are the default american.

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So 1.9 million Democrats voted in the General Election contest for governor, but fewer than 700,000 bothered to show up for the race that really could have made a difference for the future of voting in Georgia…

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52:48 for those who don’t want to go to the link.

About 50,000 votes. Not all that close.

Still a lot of voters to educate.

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Rigged elections will continue in the great Communist, er RepubliKKKlan tradition!

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i guess we now know who the next governor of Georgia is.

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