Georgia’s U.S. Senate Run-Off Races in January 2021: List of Links to Donation, Volunteer and Voting Options

[Photos: Jon Ossoff (l) and Rev. Raphael Warnock (r) via commons.wikipedia.org]

On January 5, 2021, Georgia will hold a special election with two run-off races for the two U.S. Senate seats held by that state.

Democratic candidates for Senate Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff will face off against their Republican opponents that will determine the crucial balance of power in the U.S. Senate.

As it stands today, there are 50 Republican senators to 48 Democratic and/or Independent senators (Independent Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine caucus with the Democrats).

If Warnock and Ossoff win, the Democratic Party will gain control of the Senate, as Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris is by law the deciding vote in the event any 50-50 tie happens in that legislative chamber.

To get Mitch McConnell out of the Majority Leader position, it is crucial that both Democratic candidates from Georgia win their difficult run-off races.

People who want to see the above result but don’t live or vote in Georgia, there are still plenty of ways to help!

Good Black News offers sincere thanks to Georgia residents Julie Fishman and Amy Holmes-Chavez for compiling and letting us share the relevant links, resources and information listed below, as well as a this shareable Google Docs link with the same and more:

DONATIONS:

• Fair Fight https://fairfight.com/ – Stacey Abrams’ organization that has registered nearly ½ million new voters in GA) will split your vote 3 ways between Fair Fight, Reverend Warnock’s campaign, and Jon Ossoff’s campaign.  
• Vote Save America Donate – Vote Save America – Has links to 2 funds; one is the same one as the Fair Fight link above. The second supports 12 organizations working on turning out the vote on the ground.
• Raphael Warnock – https://warnockforgeorgia.com/
• Jon Ossoff – https://electjon.com/

PHONE BANKING/TEXT BANKING/POSTCARD WRITING:

• Vote Save America’s “Adopt GA” – https://votesaveamerica.com/state/georgia/  Go here for information on how to volunteer from out of state. Once you provide your email, they will send you specific information on how you can help. 
• Mobilize America – https://www.mobilize.us/  – Variety of volunteer activities here.
• Women’s March Action – https://www.womensmarchaction.com/ – Text banking, postcard writing, and canvassing. 
• The Action Network – https://actionnetwork.org/forms/send-postcards-to-georgia-2 – Postcard writing

 CANVASSING:

• GA Democrats as well as individual county Democrat orgs are hiring field staff, and are looking for a lot of volunteers to knock on doors! 
  • Democratic Party of Georgia (click on “volunteer”) – https://www.georgiademocrat.org/
  • Most volunteering is organized by county –https://www.georgiademocrat.org/county-committees/

DeKalb County is one of the most critical Atlanta area counties.  There are enough registered Democrats in DeKalb to flip GA blue with DeKalb alone, if we can get everyone to go out and vote!  https://dekalbdems.com/ (Cobb County, Fulton County, Clayton County, Gwinnett County and lots of others matter too!)

VOTING:

• Encourage anyone you know in Georgia who isn’t registered to vote, to register online by December 7, 2020. This includes 17 year-olds who will turn 18 on or before January 5, 2021.
• Encourage anyone you know in Georgia who is registered to vote to make sure they vote on January 5, 2021.  Check registration status or register online at: https://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do

Absentee/Mail Voting info for GA voters

• Request mail ballots at:  https://ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov/ no later than 4:30 on December 31, 2020.
• Return ballots by mail or at official absentee ballot drop boxes (see county lists for locations)
• Absentee ballots must be received by 7pm on January 5, 2021 to be counted.

Early Voting for info GA voters

• Early voting is December 14 through December 31. 
• Find out where to vote early (in person) during early voting:  https://georgia.gov/early-voting
• NOTE!!  Early voting locations have not yet been announced.  ALSO NOTE:  There is a Dec. 1st run-off for local and state offices. The FEDERAL run-off election for GA’s 2 SENATE seats is Jan. 5th, 2021. Make sure you look for locations for the correct election! You’ll need to wait until early December to see the early voting locations for the Senate elections on Jan. 5th, 2021.

Once again, the above information and more is also listed and available to share via Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N-0lGAVP_3P1me6P_yvvS7rG2eEDEtwJ0pZ-3WbTtPY/edit?usp=sharing