We're all still writing "2020" on our checks and angry press releases. It all adds up to this: Almost all the votes are in. We're not expecting a call on the races anytime soon, so we're going to call it a night. Zach I'm afraid I'm not familiar with those rules. Ours come from The Associated Press. I’m going to be watching the vote compared to November’s baselines in a handful of places — metro Atlanta, rural majority-Black counties, Trump country. If it flips, it could be an indicator of how Trump was a drag on Perdue. Youth Art … A lot still depends on turnout variations here and there which is tougher to get into, and remember Perdue and Loeffler are overperforming in some places too. The smartest and dumbest thing said in politics is that it’s all about turnout. Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced expanded eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations. Not making a prediction here, but top Democratic insiders in Georgia and Washington are looking at the outstanding votes in DeKalb County and feeling very bullish about the prospects of a 50-50 Senate. OFFICIAL & COMPLETE RESULTS FOR JANUARY 5, 2021 GENERAL ELECTION-RUN-OFF. But it's a lot of it, A random observation: Right now, Bubba McDonald, the incumbent Republican in a runoff tonight for a public service commission seat, is running ahead of both Loeffler and Perdue in terms of raw vote, despite the fact there's roughly 40,000 less votes cast in his race. It looks like a healthy number (more than this time in November) are counted. Georgia’s controversial election process will be one of the big issues the General Assembly tackles when it convenes Monday in Atlanta for the 2021 session. More than 3.75m ballots have been cast. If they overperform there, it's one way they could cut into the GOP's lead at the margins. Election results provided by the Associated Press. I regret to inform everyone that some of the right wing traffickers of misinformation on Twitter are laying the groundwork for more complaints of widespread election fraud, which will largely be baseless if they happen to resemble their claims from November. There's "big tranches of votes" for Democrats still out, and a lot of "little tranches" around the state. As the night goes on, there's increasing worry that conservative North Georgia is underperforming. I basically moved to Atlanta for a few weeks in May and June 2017 to cover the Georgia 6th congressional special election -- the first (major) election during the Trump era. 19,000 from DeKalb County, and about 7,000 from Coffee County. If you've just tuned in to our live chat, it's looking like we've got two barnburner Senate races tonight. Douglas County Fire & Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Douglas County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Departments celebrated a special donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) from Medline Industries on March 3, 2021. It's hard to draw any conclusions without that information — folks I talked to before today said they were watching that region above all others tonight. Pre-Election Day; ... DISCLAIMER: Douglas County has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information provided on its website. On Tuesday, Trump garnered 24,924 votes or 37.3 percent of the vote as compared to 41,409 votes for challenger Joe Biden, who carried more than 61 percent of the county vote. That's going to be well over 100,000 votes that'll break decisively for Democrats. 2 Whitney Smith – 1,921 Nathan Medeiros – 824 Eastmont School District No. Is there a face-in-hands emoji on here, Zach, Our friend Eric Geller is not with us right now, but he'd tell you all the importance of a paper backup, It asks "is it true that voting machines 'stopped working' earlier in Georgia today?" Special Election Count – Feb 2021. And what does it mean that campaigns won't be able to air digital ads about "ballot curing" (fixing errors in your ballot so they count) or about a potential recount? Ok. David Perdue is still very narrowly ahead of Jon Ossoff in the regular election. In the race for State Senator the Douglas County results are: Robert Ross: 731; Karla Eslinger 1601; Van Kelly 1540; State-wide, Eslinger went on to win over Robert Ross by 142 votes. BOCC Land Use Meeting / Public Hearing. Some of the smaller counties that have already reported all of their results have done that at once. Also, Loeffler isn't a native Southerner, and for some folks, that makes a difference. Here are the latest results from the Georgia Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate held on Jun 9, 2020. It helps that he's an Atlanta native! Shameless plug of my Columbus story, Charlie https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/17/georgia-senate-race-447466. 2020 Douglas County General Election unofficial results; November 3, 2020. Warnock, if he wins, would be the 11th in 232 years. The Democratic Senate candidates are running margins about 2 points better than Biden's over Trump two months ago, when he narrowly won the state. Biden won it by 1. Live 2021 Georgia election results and maps by county. Marc Perdue also didn't have to run in a vicious primary. It evaporated as all the votes were finally counted. Maya I'm curious to see how cities outside Atlanta do, too. Four months after the November 3, 2020 presidential election, state and county officials in Georgia have failed to produce chain of custody documents for an estimated 404,691 vote by mail absentee ballots deposited in drop boxes and subsequently delivered to county registrars for counting. Republicans will hold their majority if they win just one of the two seats. That's going to prove very helpful in breaking down the results county-by-county with all of you tonight. I think we're going to keep, endlessly, be asking the question: What does the electorate look like? And Orange County has moved in the same direction as Cobb, for many of the same reasons. You edited the story, Charlie. To Elena's point, I'm wondering how many Warnock-Perdue or Ossoff-Loeffler voters we'll find. James & Andrew Atlanta these days reminds me of LA in that you have to plan your life around the traffic. Karen Handel beat Ossoff in that 2017 runoff (cc: Elena), lost a squeaker to now-Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath in 2018 and then this year ... not a particularly close rematch between still-Rep. McBath and Handel. And the music industry is big there, too. But seriously, I'm going to be keeping an eye on how vote tallying goes. I'm going to pose a two questions a reader on Twitter DM'd me (hi, Ian! His winning margin there was roughly 250,000 votes. That definitely helps, too! There are 2,656 precincts in Georgia and just 106 have reported complete counts according to the secretary of state's office, Ossoff’s races have bookended the Trump presidency! But nearby, red-leaning counties that have counted their E-day votes generally show Dems holding their own in SW Georgia (which seems to be the trend so far, though it's early). The vote counts in the Senate runoffs have narrowed considerably as more Election Day votes are tallied. But in heavily Democratic DeKalb County Election Day turnout exceeded the number of ballots cast in November.Â, Hello from Atlanta! The county seat is Douglasville.. Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of the 100 largest cities in America by population.This encompasses all city, county, and special district elections appearing on the ballot within those cities. Demographics. If not paid by June 1, 2021, business owners can expect to pay a 10% late fee penalty. So, James, you’ve been covering this 24-7 since Election Day and are also in Georgia at the moment. Aug 4, 2020 - 9:55pm Andrew And in between, we've all lived at least five lifetimes. Read more › Mike Baker Jan. 6, 2021 Elections Section Menu. Still want to see more Election Day votes there before we have an idea of these very close races tilting one way or the other. But what's the rush? So they're placing a big bet on turnout today, and hoping that their ground game ensures limited drop off, Democrats needed that high early turnout and the stronger percentage of Black voters in early voting to stand a chance tonight. Yeah. (D) Cory J. Lynch 1,790 votes. As late as 5:30pm, I saw a prop plane flying above Atlanta with a Warnock banner that read: “VOTE TODAY.”. So we're at 2.8m votes in and Perdue just cleared 50% and took a marginal lead over Ossoff but Loeffler still trails Warnock, who's just over 50% as well. That's gotta be a tough vote for him. My kingdom for any sort of metro Atlanta election day voting before I answer that question, Charlie. Surely there's a button to mute Marc, right? Just ask Jon Ossoff's first opponent, Charlie! OMAHA, Neb. Both won roughly 88% there -- outperforming Biden -- amid heavy turnout for a runoff. 2014-2016 County 1% Sales Tax Election Results. He spent a lot of time in these runoffs outside Atlanta trying to improve his image/perception all around the state, Maya Stylistically, Ossoff seems more suited to metro Atlanta than Valdosta, Over a million votes in and reported, now ... so we're a quarter(ish) of the way there, During the November elections, Perdue escaped being defined. She will face Democrat Tammy Harty on the November ballot. This fixation with making a call is so much a product of 24-hour news and social media. Election Results . This can see-saw really quickly, and I wouldn't assume Democratic voters are going to stay this activated (or anywhere close) 22 months from now either. One of the most fascinating storylines coming out of these runoffs has been President Trump’s ability — and, really, desire — to trample all over the GOP’s messaging in order to pressure Republican lawmakers to support his long-shot effort to overturn the results of the November election. If Trump is not on the ballot, can Republicans not bank on those surges in the rural areas? The dual runoff elections will decide which party controls the Senate. Over 3 million folks voted before today, about a third via the mail, and the rest in-person early voting. Thanks for reading! Election Summary: Precinct Breakdown. Georgia is on track to be majority-minority by 2030. . Carroll County Board of Commissioners 323 Newnan Street Carrollton, GA 30117 1998-2013 County 1% Sales Tax Election Results. 74.0%. That is the mail ballots that were received today before close of polls. Also, Black voters were casting ballots at a remarkable rate: About 30 percent of all early voters were Black, according to data from the fine folks at Georgia Votes, Either way, Rs are in an early vote hole, Democrats estimate their candidates lead by about 200,000 early votes. In Douglas County, final numbers that were certified Tuesday show Biden winning the county with 42,653 votes (61.96%) to President Trump’s 25,323 votes (36.79%). Pre-Election Day; Public Test; Election Day Postings; Election Day; Post-Election Day; Training; Contact Us. Some precincts are reporting in Fulton now ... but that really holds the key to all of it. “People will remember,” Trump declared at his Dalton rally last night. Candidates provide the Election Commission with personal and campaign information by completing an optional form at the time of filing. Agreed Charlie. 2018 Primary Election Results. I will say... confident, Having spent ~35% of the last week in a rental car. He avoided reporters on the campaign trail. Expect these numbers to seesaw. Election Day voter assistance available 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. October 30, 2020 . By. 7:45 PM: GEORGIA. Gabriel Stirling, who is an independent contractor and *NOT* employed by the Georgia Secretary of State told CNN the following: THE GEORGIA ELECTION WILL ALLOW AN EXTRA THREE HOURS TO PROCESS ABSENTEE & MAIL-IN BALLOTS, UNTIL 3 A.M.! So everyone's gotta report up, which takes some time. Americans Want the Truth! OMG. Cherokee County Board of Elections and Voter Registration. (WOWT) - The Douglas County Department of Corrections announced an inmate’s death Sunday. Steven Especially if Democrats manage to (somehow) retake the Senate. You can click on the office or candidate to see more detailed information. Marc I'm afraid that's going to be a part of our electoral system for the foreseeable future -- unsubstantiated fraud claims, candidates refusing to concede, etc. Returning to Valdosta's Lowndes County...97% of estimated votes are now reported. Hello from Atlanta, the center of the universe tonight. It would also send a message to Republicans who don’t support the Electoral College objections. Warnock is about to give the speech of his life. Hey, James & Zach: what's the best estimate of total turnout on Election Day? Clarke County (Athens) Andrew Young, former mayor/Congress member/Ambassador, was a pastor. 2018 General Election Results. It seems very close. Chill out people. The Douglas County BOC announced the launch of the planning process for Douglas Forward 2025, a five year strategic plan that will provide the framework for meeting the current needs of citizens and plans for the future growth of the community. Section Menu x Contact Info x Additional Resources x. You can click on the office or candidate to see more detailed information. Real-time 2021 Georgia election results will be posted here starting February 9. It's important to note that this 'big voter dump' he's talking about is a figment of his imagination. I'll keep y'all posted if he says anything interesting, but he's starting off the conference listing the counties that have totally completed their counts (good job to them! Here's the latest from the Georgia Secretary of State's office. Warnock is on track to overperform in rural areas, something his campaign focused on ahead of the November election. Looks like everyone is expecting a tight one tonight. Warnock is running slightly behind Ossoff. -- Plus, do they count the same ways at the same time across the state? We shouldn't read too far into it right now but I'm curious if that holds up in other small counties around the state over the rest of the night -- and whether Dems overperform their November stats in their strongholds, Zach Knocking me over with your data speed. Ossoff is several points ahead of his Election Day pace in each of them; Warnock is running several points ahead of Biden's pace. From Ballotpedia. 2021 Election Results. If there's somehow presidential total turnout, which I doubt, that would mean there's about 1.24m votes left. A 1 million turnout would be what it was in November, I haven't seen a good comprehensive statewide estimate, Marc, but I'd probably ballpark it around a million or so folks voting in person on election day. We should be able to watch two things: First of all, is one party consistently outperforming what they’d need to get a majority, going precinct by precinct as those places count all their votes (early and Election Day)? Candidate Info. Five special elections to the United States House of Representatives will take place in early 2021 as a result of either deaths or vacancies. Hey gang! 2021 Georgia Election Results Election Date: Jan. 5, 2021 | Updated 8:01 PM EST Jan. 15, 2021 Peach State voters will decide whether Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler return to Washington or if Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock take their place. I feel like I'm ending in the exact same place where we started the Trump era -- covering Jon Ossoff. Measure Vote Vote % LEVY...YES. Brian Kemp’s appointment of Kelly Loeffler that led to an intraparty war between her and Rep. Doug Collins, all but guaranteeing a runoff in the special election for the rest of Isakson's term. I'm not sure if it's so much a problem as it is his lesser-known status compared to Raphael Warnock Marc. March 23, 2021. Don't fact check me on that. "It is going to be a long night," Sterling said. And as we know, voters of color vote overwhelmingly for Democrats. When you run out of TV airtime, you have to find another way to spend all this money. Click to read all of what is going on in Douglas County! They do have that system, Marc! Click to see all the Douglas County Parks & Recreation programs going on! And there are 159 of them. And since many of the tranches still to come are from Democratic-oriented counties, they will likely narrow the race or the lead will change hands. That's more than the secretary of state's office was estimating, So with Perdue's lead down to just 384, and with more votes from Democratic counties, Ossoff should pull ahead soon and Warnock's lead will grow. A silent L, Steven, but I only know that because I was hectored by someone in Georgia recently on a phone call for saying it incorrectly. And also, are we going to watch the urban-rural divide widen in real time? Why are results not posted more quickly? He's on the cusp of making history, We're spinning our wheels here for a couple minutes, folks, because Raphael Warnock is set to speak in about 10 minutes. At this point, I can write the conspiracy theories that will populate social media tomorrow. The Douglas County COVID-19 Relief Fund will provide rental, mortgage, and utilities assistance to Douglas County citizens in need. Select from the menus below to view the offices and candidates up for a specific election. The Douglasville Elections Department, also known as the Board of Registrars, manages poll locations, certifies election results, and promotes fair and legal elections. In February, I got a new glove after years of abusing my high school baseball glove. Election Results. oh god, me writing "young internet creators" makes me seem old, I read a really interesting story in a competing outlet about how young internet creators were headed to Atlanta too, Teresa. Sen. Perdue benefits from incumbency, unlike Loeffler, and he's also seemed to be more palatable to those suburban Republicans in metro Atlanta who turned against Trump but traditionally voted GOP. I hope your mother canceled her TV subscription Teresa! It was one of his loudest applause lines.Â. Perdue's big enemy was the clock. Voters probably won’t get their say in the matter until late 2020. If it is really close, it might not be 'till Friday at the earliest! -- Is there a reason to expect the numbers for the two races won't be near-identical? Traffic will be Detoured. Chatham County (Savannah) Just 10 of them have been Black. 5: 62.5%: LEVY...NO. It hasn't been easy for them but I have seen no (legitimate) systemic complaints about the administration of the runoff. Great to be back together again. Looking at some of those smaller, strongly GOP north Georgia counties, there are signs of Perdue/Loeffler overperformance. CNN's (plus ABC, CBS and NBC) come from Edison Research, a firm that conducts exit polls and counts the vote for those networks. Out of roughly 4.3 million votes cast. Last updated on 02/19/2021 11:10 AM. I miss hearing you hectoring people on the phone, Zach. Well, they're simply estimations of how many votes have been cast in the races. Raffensperger talked openly that when Sen. Perdue called for him to resign, that's when the death threats arrived. 29.0%. January 5, 2021, 10:09 AM • … At his rally in Dalton last night, President Trump was very transparently trying to make these runoffs a referendum on his push for Republicans to object to the certification of the election. David Perdue "beat" Jon Ossoff in November, 49.7-47.9%. 6,061. Utterly anecdotal, but an acquaintance of mine said he voted Perdue but couldn't vote Loeffler because she was so bad. We might have about half the expected vote in Columbus (the city and county are co-terminus, I believe), but we have zero Election Day precincts. results, Raphael Warnock is outpacing Jon Ossoff in terms of margin. Republicans, who have made Election Day voting a political issue in and of itself, are hoping for 900,000 people to show total, which would probably mean lots of GOP voters. I often think of Cobb County as the Southern equivalent of California's Orange County -- in other words, one of the cornerstone counties of the modern Republican Party. There are two Senate seats on the ballot today and Democrats must win both to gain a Senate majority. Just kidding. Election Connection County Connect The information and materials available on this website are provided by local elections officials as a service to the public and intended to be as accurate as possible. If you're watching CNN, for example, it says "96% estimated vote" on the screen. And the order, early in-person or mail first, varies county to county, which in-person Election Day comes in as they have it. "Fulton and DeKalb are going to have big swaths of votes" that came in today, Sterling said. A number of Democratic and voting rights groups even opened field offices in places like Valdosta in Lowndes County, to show that they feel the entire state is in play. Intent to Tabulate Early. But I’ve been more struck at just how inundated the state has become with ads—TV, online, billboards, and even up in the sky. Andrew Yep, that's definitely true. Marc All in all, Republicans would take that. “The November 3rd election was corrupt in contested states, and in particular it was not in accordance with the Constitution in that they made large scale changes to election rules and regulations as dictated by local judges and politicians, not by state legislators. Elena & Maya, I was reading today that the biggest influx of outsiders to the Atlanta are New Yorkers. 2,134. Maya I'd love to see a political profile of one of those voters. August 6, 2020. Steven where are things with absentee/mail-in ballots? To put a more blunt point on what Scott just said: don't read too much into which candidate is leading at which moment. For the record, DeKalb delivered big for Dems in November -- Biden won by a landslide, 83-16. But there is helpful precedent for breaking it down tonight: We just had a closely divided election in Georgia two months ago. The City of Douglas Mayor and Commission has approved an extension for business owners to file for business license renewal until May 31, 2021. Also, congrats to the teeny tiny Webster County. According to the Georgia Secretary of State's office, 156 of 159 counties have reported complete returns. I meant in the respect of being a razor-thin-margins state. At two events I was at last week, he said in any other state he would have won already (which is not quite correct, a few others have runoffs) and said 52.5% of the electorate rejected Ossoff in November. You may contact the Board of Elections for questions about: Douglasville election results; Registering to vote in Douglasville, GA; Election poll locations; Applying for an absentee ballot And it's race.”, Republicans going into today were pegging 1 million Election Day turnout as a mark where they would feel pretty solid about their chances of winning, Right. Eastmont School District No. Jump to: navigation, search. So Chatham County allegedly releasing votes tonight after it was reported that folks were going home. That's quite a transformation. We really don’t know. At the moment, with 48% of estimated votes reporting, both Warnock and Ossoff are at 74% in Muscogee County. GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger on CNN predicts that we'll have a "better idea" of where things stand by noon tomorrow. Biden won Washington in November, though, Would you look at that: There is a county that flipped from Perdue to Ossoff, going from November to now: Washington County, a bit east of Macon, which would be approximately the halfway point, We are quickly approaching the 2 million vote mark.
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