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Discussion Thread: Georgia Senate Runoff Elections Results | Part V
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Discussion Thread: Georgia Senate Runoff Elections Results | Part V

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 08:05 AM PST

Following poll closing in the Georgia Senate runoffs, the AP has projected that Reverend Raphael Warnock (D) will defeat incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler (R), who was appointed to the seat in 2019. Senator-elect Warnock is only the second popularly elected African American Senator from a former confederate state, and the first from the state of Georgia.

Networks are also watching the regular Georgia Senate seat, where Jon Ossoff (D) currently leads former incumbent David Perdue (R), who vacated this seat on Sunday, by 17K votes and 0.4%. The remaining vote is largely in Atlanta, which outlets expect to lean towards Ossoff, but the result currently falls within the automatic recount threshold.

Should Jon Ossoff's margin hold, he would be the first Jewish Senator from a former confederate state since 1980, and the first from the state of Georgia. Additionally, Democrats would win control of the Senate for the first time since 2014, and hold unified control over elected branches of government in DC for the first time since 2010.

Results

NY Times Upshot needle (no longer updating)
11 Alive (Local GA station)
WSBTV (Local GA station)
NBC News

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Discussion Thread: Joint Session of Congress for Counting of Electoral College Ballots | 01/06/2021 | Live - 1:00pm ET

Posted: 06 Jan 2021 07:05 AM PST

Today, Vice President Mike Pence will preside over a Joint Session of both chambers of Congress, which will tally and certify the electors for Joe Biden, finalizing his win in the 2020 Election.

What will happen:

Senate and House of Representatives assemble at 1:00 p.m. in a joint session at the Capitol, in the House chamber, to count the electoral votes and declare the results (3 U.S.C. §15). The Vice President presides as President of the Senate. The Vice President opens the certificates and presents them to four tellers, two from each chamber. The tellers read and make a list of the returns. When the votes have been ascertained and counted, the tellers transmit them to the Vice President. If one of the tickets has received a majority of 270 or more electoral votes, the Vice President announces the results, which "shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President."

While the tellers announce the results, Members may object to the returns from any individual state as they are announced. Objections to individual state returns must be made in writing by at least one Member each of the Senate and House of Representatives. If an objection meets these requirements, the joint session recesses and the two houses separate and debate the question in their respective chambers for a maximum of two hours. The two houses then vote separately to accept or reject the objection. They then reassemble in joint session, and announce the results of their respective votes. An objection to a state's electoral vote must be approved by both houses in order for any contested votes to be excluded.