On August 15, Insider Advantage Polls for the Georgia gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races were released. See this story.
The gubernatorial results: incumbent Republican Nathan Deal 43%, Democrat Jason Carter 39%, Libertarian Andrew Hunt 7%, undecided 11%.
The U.S. Senate results: Republican David Perdue 47%, Democrat Michelle Nunn 40%, Libertarian Amanda Swafford 8%, undecided 5%.
Georgia provides for a run-off in December if no one gets 50% in November.
No candidate who was not the nominee of the Democratic or Republican Parties has polled as much as 5% for Governor of Georgia since 1908, when an independent polled 9.5% in a two-race with no Republican. No candidate who was not the nominee of the Democratic or Republican Parties has polled as much as 5% for U.S. Senate in Georgia since 1920, when an independent polled 5.1% in a two-person race with no Republican. Thanks to PoliticalWire for the link.
The runoff stuff for any USA office is a blatant subversion of the USA election law sections involved.
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2 USC 1 – At the regular election held in any State next preceding the expiration of the term for which any Senator was elected to represent such State in Congress, at which election a Representative to Congress is regularly by law to be chosen, a United States Senator from said State shall be elected by the people thereof for the term commencing on the 3d day of January next thereafter.
2 USC 7 – The Tuesday next after the 1st Monday in November, in every even numbered year, is established as the day for the election, in each of the States and Territories of the United States, of Representatives and Delegates to the Congress commencing on the 3d day of January next thereafter.
THE day for THE election —
Much too difficult for the armies of MORON lawyers and judges to understand.
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Runoffs for State/local officers is a totally separate matter.
The GA Const has the below special section –
ARTICLE II.
VOTING AND ELECTIONS
SECTION I.
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SECTION II.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Paragraph II. Run-off election. A run-off election shall be a continuation of the general election and only persons who were entitled to vote in the general election shall be entitled to vote therein; and only those votes cast for the persons designated for the runoff shall be counted in the tabulation and canvass of the votes cast.
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Other sections have the dates of the regular general elections.
Thus another rotted version of top 2 stuff.