(11-24-2020, 01:56 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(11-24-2020, 01:45 PM)TJBender Wrote: There's nothing illegal about anything Stacey Abrams is doing. If it's going to be such a devastating handicap for Republicans, why aren't they doing they same thing? That's what I don't get. The ballots being sent out have both parties on them. Why wouldn't Republicans encourage their constituents to choose Loeffler and Perdue, then mail that back instead of hoping that everyone has a chance to get to a polling place on the 5th? Mail-in ballots broke well over 70% for Democrats, but they weren't only mailed to Democrats. Why on Earth weren't local and state Republican leaders telling people to fill out and return those ballots, even if national leadership was sticking their heads in the sand?

Loeffler might be boned. Lots of Georgians genuinely despise her for the trading she did after the Senate COVID-19 briefing that she was a part of, and the rest genuinely despise her because of what she did afterwards by continuing to tell Georgians that COVID was nothing to worry about. Plus she's running against by far the stronger of the two Democratic candidates. I still think she wins, because Democrats talk a good game, but they never show up for runoffs up here.

Perdue is in much better shape. He was a few third-party votes away from beating Ossoff outright. He was every bit as complicit in the lie-and-trade scheme that Loeffler took part in, but he's done a great job of making sure that stays stuck to Loeffler and doesn't land on him.

The mail in ballots are a massive issue which clearly favors one party. That is the problem. Georgians don't HAVE to show up for the runoff. The Republicans don't have the financial backing like the other party. They can literally fund this like a presidential election. This country is in desperate need of campaign finance reform either way.

I still believe Dems find a way to take the Senate which is going to change our country for generations to come. We deserve it.

Why does it favor one party? Why are Republicans incapable of saying, "Fill out your mail in ballots with Republican candidates and mail them back by December XXth"? Democrats are funding the mailing campaigns, sure, but those ballots are official ballots with all the candidates on them. Why is no one telling Republicans to fill those ballots out and send them back?

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