Tag: runoff

Here’s Where the Warnock–Walker Race Stands After Early Voting Starts in Georgia Runoff

More than 180,000 voters cast their ballots during early voting in the Georgia Senate runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Republican candidate Herschel Walker, according to state election data. About 69,297 Georgians turned out to vote on Saturday, the first day of early voting in the state after several courts ruled against a…


Warnock, Walker in Final Push Before Georgia’s Runoff

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker are pushing hard for turnout as the two head into the Dec. 6 Senate runoff in Georgia. According to a filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Warnock had $29.7 million cash in hand as of Nov. 16, three times as much as Walker’s $9.8…


Georgia Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Saturday Early Voting in Senate Runoff

The Georgia Supreme Court allowed counties to hold elections on Saturday for the Senate runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and GOP challenger Herschel Walker, siding with Warnock and Democrats. A unanimous ruling (pdf) on Wednesday issued by the state’s highest court upheld a decision handed down by a Fulton County judge that blocked Secretary of…


NTD News Today (Nov. 23): Attorneys Criticize Arizona Elections; 3 House Races Uncalled 2 Weeks After Election

Rampant problems with printers and tabulators, wait times numbering in the hours, and voters giving up in desperation. That’s the conclusion of a new report on voting centers in Maricopa County, Arizona. Several house races are still uncalled two weeks after the election. Ballots are still being counted in California, and Alaska’s voting system is…


Georgia Runoff Has Ranked-Choice Voting, But It’s Only For A Few

With one election behind them, Georgia voters must immediately prepare for the next—the Senate runoff between incumbent Raphael Warnock and challenger Herschel Walker, neither of whom reached the 50 percent vote the state requires. The runoff will take place on Dec.6. That’s much sooner than the 2020 election’s runoff, nine weeks later, on Jan. 5,…


Lula Defeats Bolsonaro to Become Brazil’s President: Election Authority

SAO PAULO—Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to become the country’s next president, Brazil’s electoral authority said. Leftist Lula had 50.8 percent of votes compared with 49.2 percent for conservative Bolsonaro with 99.1 percent of voting machines counted, which the Supreme Electoral Court said was enough to “mathematically define”…


Ecuador Picks Conservative for President; Peru Sets Runoff

QUITO, Ecuador—Ecuador will be led for the next four years by a conservative businessman after voters rebuffed a left-leaning movement started by former President Rafael Correa more than a decade ago. That election certainty, however, did not extend to neighboring Peru, where the presidential contest is headed to a runoff after none of the 18…


Trump Jr. Claims Cheney Allies Are Working to Defeat Wyoming Senate Bill on Election Runoffs

Donald Trump Jr. said on March 9 that allies of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) are working to derail a Wyoming bill that would establish a primary runoff election for federal and statewide offices. “The Wyoming Senate is voting on SF145 tomorrow. SF145 would enact a runoff system in WY, so candidates need over 50% to…


Voters Head to Polls in Georgia Senate Runoff Elections

Voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday in the Georgia Senate runoff elections. Polls open at 7 a.m. Filmmaker Jon Ossoff is trying to grab the seat that was held by David Perdue until Sunday, when his term expired. Perdue beat Ossoff in the general election by over 88,000 votes, but fell just short…