Georgia’s Runoff Drama Likely to Drag On for Days Before Results
- High absentee voting, near-record turnout could slow count
- Both sides expect litigation to follow contest for Senate
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The high-stakes Jan. 5 Senate runoffs in Georgia are expected to play out a lot like November’s presidential election -- with the result delayed for days, or weeks, as near-record numbers of votes are counted.
In the Nov. 3 contest, the results were so close that it took 10 days before television networks projected that Democrat Joe Biden won Georgia. The state didn’t certify his victory for another week, and it was certified twice more, lastly on Dec. 7.