HAVE
HAVE GEORGIA ON MY MIND. >> ONE VOTE
>>> AFTER MONTHS ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT,
TODAY IS THE DAY THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY FOCUSED ON GEORGIA AS
VOTERS HEAD TO THE POLLS FOR
OUR TWO SENATE RACES.
THEY WILL DETERMINE THE BALANCE
OF POWER IN THE UNITED STATES
SENATE.
SENATE.
SENATE. IT IS A DECISION THAT WILL
IMPACT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
FOR YEARS TO COME.
GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON
THIS ELECTION DAY.
>> AND IT IS AN HISTORIC RUN
OFF AND IT REALLY IS ANYONE'S
GAME AS WE SAW IN NOVEMBER WHEN
THIS HISTORICALLY RED STATE
TURNED BLUE FOR THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE. BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN THIS
TIME?
TIME?
TIME? WILL IT BE THE SAME OUTCOME IN
THE SENATE RUN OFF TODAY?
BY NOW YOU LIKELY KNOW THE
CANDIDATES' NAMES AFTER BEING
INUNDATED WITH ADS OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
KELLY LOAF LEER AND DAVID
PERDUE CHALLENGED BY OSSOFF AND
WARNOCK.
WARNOCK.
WARNOCK. WE ARE DOWN TO THE FINAL HOURS.
THE PRECINCTS CLOSE IN JUST
ABOUT TWO HOURS HERE AND WE'RE
GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK NOW AT
THE C.T.
THE C.T.
THE C.T. MARTIN VOTING PRECINCT IN
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. IT IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST
LOCATIONS FOR FULTON COUNTY.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT HAS BEEN
SMOOTH SAILING THERE TED AND
LIKELY SEEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE
ATLANTA METRO AREA.
>> A LOT OF TIMES IT HAS BEEN A
ONE-MINUTE WAIT TIME.
>> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE AS WE
CHECK IN WITH THE WAND DATES
AND VOTERS.
AND VOTERS. LET'S HEAD FIRST
COUNTY # # AND WE JUST CHECKED
IN WITH THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S OFFICE.
STATE'S OFFICE. >> Reporter: YES, THE SECRETARY
OF STATE'S OFFICE SAYS THE
ELECTION HAS BEEN GOING
SMOOTHLY.
SMOOTHLY.
SMOOTHLY. SOME COUNTIES LIKE CHEROKEE
HAVE SEEN ABOUT A ONE-HOUR
WAIT, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE
CASE HERE IN FULTON COUNTY.
WE SPOKE TO VOTERS HERE IN THE
COUNTY AND SAID THEY WOKE UP
EARLY BECAUSE THEY EXPECTED
LONG LINES AND THAT WAS NOT THE
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. THEY WERE IN AND OUT IN A FEW
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. NOW THAT IS SOMETHING SO
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE SAW IN
EARLY VOTING, INCLUDING
SOMETHING I SAW MYSELF.
>> WELL, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL
TO COME OUT AND CAST YOUR VOTES
BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE HERE, NOT ONLY LOCAL
WISE, BUT NATION WISE.
SO IT IS BETTER TO HAVE THAT
THAN NO VOTE.
>> ALL EYES ARE ON GEORGIA AS
THE SENATE ELECTION BRINGS IN A
RECORD VOTER TURN OUT.
HERE MANY WE SPOKE TO SAID THEY
WERE MORE DETERMINED TO VOTE IN
THE SENATE RUN-OFF RACES THAN
THE GENERAL ELECTION.
>> IT MADE ME MORE WANTING TO
COME TO VOTE, TO MAKE SURE MY
VOTE COUNTED BECAUSE A LOT OF
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID
STARTING AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE PANDEMIC AND AT THE END OF
THE PANDEMIC, THEY CHANGED.
SO THAT IS WHAT MADE UP MY
MIND.
MIND.
MIND. >>
MIND. >> VANESSA IS ONE OF THE
160,000 FULTON COUNTY ELECTION
OFFICIAL ALSO SHOW UP AT THE
POLLS IN THIS COUNTY TODAY THAT
IS IN ADDITION TO THE 3 70,000
PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY OFFICIALS
SAY CASTED THEIR BALLOT BY
MAIL.
MAIL.
MAIL. TUESDAY'S VOTERS CAME OUT EARLY
THINKING IT WOULD BE PACKED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT IT HAS
NOT BEEN THAT WAY.
>> IT WAS ABOUT 20 MINUTES.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT. >> GREAT.
>> GREAT.
>> GREAT. >> I LIKE IT.
>> THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S
OFFICE AEES SAYING LINES HAVE
BEEN SHORTER THAN EXPECTED.
THE LONGEST ONES SEEN IN THE
COUNTIES AN HOUR WAIT.
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE
BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE WOULD
HAVE REALLY MORE THAN DOUBLED
THE AMOUNT OF VOTE.
THE PREVIOUS RUN-OFF RECORD WAS
1.2 MILLION.
1.2 MILLION. >> Reporter: THERE WAS ONE
ISSUE IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
OUTSIDE OF AUGUSTA WHERE KEYS
USED TO START UP SCANNERS AND A
POLL WORKER'S CARD WAS
PROGRAMMED INCORRECTLY, BUT
THAT WAS FIXED BY 6:00 A.M.
AND VOTING CONTINUED WITH
PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.
PROVISIONAL BALLOTS. STERLING SAYS THERE IS NO WAY
OF KNOWING JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE
CAME OUT TO VOTE ACROSS THE
STATE UNTIL THE POLLS CLOSED.
AS FOR OFFICIAL ELECTION
RESULTS BECAUSE WE MIGHT NOT
KNOW FOR A FEW DAYS BECAUSE OF
HOW CLOSELY THESE RACES WILL
BE.
BE.
BE. >>
BE. >> WE
BE. >> WE NOW GO TO GENNETT COUNTY
WHERE WE SAW A STRONG
DEMOCRATIC TURN OUT IN
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER. WE ARE AT PEACH TREE CORNERS
BASKET.
BASKET.
BASKET. >> Reporter: WE HAVE BEEN
CHECKING AROUND THE COUNTY
SINCE POLLS OPENED UP THIS
MORNING, AND WE EVEN STOPPED BY
A FEW POLLING LOCATIONS TALKING
TO VOTERS.
TO VOTERS. THERE WAS ONLY ONE REPORTED
ISSUE AND THAT WAS FIXED RATHER
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE TALKED TO
TODAY SAY THEY ARE JUST GLAD
THIS ELECTION CYCLE IS FINALLY
COMING TO A CLOSE.
IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING MOTHS OF
THE DAY.
THE DAY.
THE DAY. THE VOTERS WE TALKED TO AT THE
COMMUNITY CENTER FELT NERVOUS
ABOUT THE OUTKM AND ALSO
RELIEVED IT IS ALMOST OVER.
>> I'M NERVOUS BUT I'M GLAD
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE
PHONE CALLS ANYMORE.
I'M GLAD IT IS GOING TO BE
OVER.
OVER.
OVER. >>
OVER. >> PINS AN NEEDLES BECAUSE OF
WHAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING
AROUND.
AROUND.
AROUND. >> Reporter: AND SHE STILL
FEELS TORN WALKING INTO THE
VOTING BOOTH.
VOTING BOOTH. >> I DON'T WANT TO VOTE, BUT I
FEEL LIKE I NEED TO BECAUSE I'M
TRYING TO GET THE LESSER OF TWO
EVILS.
EVILS.
EVILS. >>
EVILS. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS SPLITTING
THE VOTE COULD AT LEAST GIVE
BALANCE.
BALANCE.
BALANCE. THE ONLY REPORTED ISSUE WITHIN
THE COUNTY TODAY HAPPENED A THE
BAPTIST CHURCH.
BAPTIST CHURCH. THE ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY
THERE WAS A TECHNICAL PROBLEM
WITH THE SCANNER SO PEOPLE HAD
TO USE EMERGENCY BALLOTS TO
VOTE.
VOTE.
VOTE. THE
VOTE. THE OFFICIALS SAY IT TOOK 10
MINUTES TO FIX AND THEN
EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL.
AND HEADING INTO TODAY'S RUN-
OFF, MOST REGISTERED VOTERS HAD
ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOTS SO
THE ELECTION OFFICIALS
ANTICIPATED HAVING RESULTS
TONIGHT THAT COULD CHANGE IT IF
THEY RECEIVE AN OVERWHELMING
NUMBER OF MAIL-IN ABSENTEE
NUMBERS AND THAT COULD PUSH THE
COUNT BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> OVER IN SPAULDING COUNTY
TODAY, THINGS DID GO SMOTHER
THAN BACK IN NOVEMBER.
WAIT TIMES WERE SHORT AND THE
COUNTY ELECTION SUPERVISOR TOLD
11 ALIVE THERE WERE NO SERIOUS
ISSUES, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS,
AFTER VOTING HAD TO BE HALTED
FOR TWO HOURS BACK IN NOVEMBER.
AT THAT TIME THE ELECTION
SUPERVISOR TOLD US THERE WAS A
PROBLEM WITH THE POLLING PADS,
BUT THE SECRETARY OF STATE
BLAMED IT ON POOR MANAGEMENT
AND CALLED FOR THE ELECTION
SUPERVISOR TO RESIGN BUT SHE
REFUSED.
REFUSED.
REFUSED. WE ASKED THE VOTERS TODAY IF
THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. >> YEAH, I HAVE A LOT OF
CONFIDENCE IN THE WAY OUR
SECRETARY OF STATE HAS HANDLED
THE ELECTION.
THE ELECTION. I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH AND I
FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE
BALLOTS WHEN THEY COME OUT, I
CAN CHECK THEM.
I LIKE THAT.
I LIKE HOW I TAKE IT AND SCAN
IT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
THEM DOING THE FULL RECOUNT.
>> MORE THAN 11,000 PEOPLE
VOTED EARLY IN SPAULDING
COUNTY, WHICH HAS BEEN A
SOLIDLY RED COUNTY FOR YEARS.
>>> AND SENATOR DAVID PERDUE IS
FIGHTING TO KEEP HIS SEAT FOR
THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
THE POLLS HAVE CONSISTENTLY
SHOWED A RACE TOO CLOSE TO CALL
WITH THE DEMOCRAT DOUG ALLSOPP.
DOUG RICHARDS JOINS US FROM THE
GRAND HYATT WHERE THEY WILL BE
WATCHING THE RESULTS COME IN.
DOUG?
DOUG?
DOUG? >>
DOUG? >> Reporter: THIS IS THE JOINT
PARTY LOCATION AT THE GRAND
HYATT HOTEL FOR DAVID PERDUE
AND KELLY LOEFFLER.
THEY HAVE THESE DETECTIVE ITEMS
OUT ON TABLES.
THE PARTY HASN'T REALLY STARTED
YET.
YET.
YET. AND
YET. AND TALKING ABOUT PERDUE AND
DEMOCRAT JON OSSOFF.
IT HAS REALLY BEEN A RACE OF
CONTRAST.
CONTRAST.
CONTRAST. THE REPUBLICAN DAVID PERDUE
A 71-YEAR-OLD MULTIMILLIONAIRE
AND FORMER FORTUNE 500
BILLIONAIRE WHO LIVES ON THE
ISLAND.
ISLAND.
ISLAND. AND
AND
AND >>
AND >> AND PERDUE EMBRACES DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP.
TRUMP. >>
TRUMP. >> ALLSOPP DESCRIBES THE
PRESIDENT AS A DISGRACE.
HE TWEETED A PROGRAM OF HIM
DINING AND PERDUE RESPONDED
WITH A PICTURE AT WAFFLE HOUSE.
OVER THE AIR EACH CANDIDATE AND
HIS BACKERS HAVE SPENT TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DELIVERING
DOWN RIGHT APOCALYPTIC MESSAGES
ABOUT THE OTHER GUY.
ON THE GROUND PERDUE'S TOUR BUS
IS UNMISTAKABLE WHEN IT CIRCLES
THROUGH SMALL TOWNS IN GEORGIA,
YET HIS STOPS ARE CLOSELY
GUARDED BY HIS CAMPAIGN.
PERDUE'S INWILLINGNESS TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS HAS BECOME
PART OF THE CAMPAIGN FABRIC.
>> CAN YOU THE AND ANSWER
QUESTION ?
QUESTION ? >> WE HAVE TO QUO.
THANKS.
THANKS.
THANKS. >> YOU ALL HAVE THE POW TORE
MAKE ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME,
ALLSOPP, WHO PRODUCES
INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARIES, IS
ALMOST ALWAYS READY TO RESPOND
TO QUESTIONS, FREQUENTLY WITH
WELL DISCIPLINED TALKING
POINTS.
POINTS.
POINTS. >> SENATOR PERDUE SHOULD REJECT
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> Reporter: PERDUE'S BUSINESS
STOCK PROFITS DURING HIS SIX
YEARS IN THE SENATE HAS BEEN A
MAINSTAY AGAINST HIS RE-
ELECTION, AND YET ALLSOPP'S
WILLINGNESS TO SELL
DOCUMENTARIES IN CHINA AND THE
MIDDLE EAST MAKE HIM UNFIT FOR
OFFICE ACCORDING TO PERDUE.
PERDUE HAS SAID HIS SECOND TERM
IN THE SENATE WILL BE HIS LAST.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER HE WILL
HAVE WON THAT TERM AFTER THE
RUN-OFF VOTES ARE COUNTED THIS
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. AND
WEEK. AND POLLS HAVE SHOWN, OF
COURSE, IS THAT PERDUE AND
ALLSOPP ARE BASICALLY NECK AND
NECK.
NECK.
NECK. BUT
NECK. BUT THE REPUBLICANS HERE AT THE
PERDUE PARTY ARE WELL AWARE
THAT PERDUE GOT 88,000 MORE
VOTES IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION
THAN OH SOME DID.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT DATA
PURE AND SIMPLE AS A REASON
THEY THINK THAT THEIR GUY IS
GOING TO PREVAIL IN THE
ELECTION TONIGHT.
ELECTION TONIGHT. BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
THE NUMBERS CRUNCHED THEN AFTER
THE POLLS CLOSED.
DOUG, THANK YOU.
THE DEMOCRAT REVEREND RAPHEL
WARNOCK CHALLENGING REPUBLICAN
LEFFLER FOR HER SEAT.
WHOEVER WINS ARE HOLD THE
POSITION THROUGH TO 22.
SENATOR LEFFLER AND WARNOCK
MAKING TODAY'S RUN OFF AFTER
DEFEATING 18 CANDIDATES.
SINCE THEN BOTH HAVE WORKED
HARD TO SHOW GEORGIA VOTERS
THEIR DIFFERENCES BOTH IN
LEADERSHIP AND BELIEFS.
HOPE FORD TAKES A CLOSER LOOK.
>> I'M KELLY LOEFFLER.
>> AND I'M RAPHEL WARNOCK.
>> Reporter: DESPITE BEING
COMPETITORS, THESE TWO HAVE
SOMETHING IN COMMON.
>> WE CAN'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT.
>> Reporter: NEITHER HAVE BEEN
ELECTED TO THE SENATE.
LEFFLER WAS APPOINTED TO THE
SEAT AND SPENT LESS THAN A YEAR
IN SERVICE.
IN SERVICE. WARNOCK NEVER RAN BEFORE BUT
WORKED FOR NON-PARTISAN VOTING
GROUPS.
GROUPS.
GROUPS. BOTH HAVE RAISED A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF MONEY, MORE THAN OR
NEAR $100 MILLION EACH.
AND BOTH DEFER TO USING
MONIKERS FOR THE OTHER.
>> BILLIONAIRE KELLY LOEFFLER.
>>
>>
>> >>
>> >> Reporter: AND HE SAYS
LEFFLER LACKS VISION.
>> WITH KELLY LOEFFLER, WE'RE
SEEING THE SAME OLD POLITICS OF
VISION.
VISION.
VISION. AND I THINK PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO
VISION ENGAGE IN DIVISION.
>> Reporter: AND LEFFLER PAINTS
WARNOCK AS ANTI-POLICE AND A
MARKIST SYMPATHIZER.
MARKIST SYMPATHIZER. >> HE HAS ALSO SAID THAT POLICE
OFFICERS ARE GANGSTERS AND
THUGS AND REFUSED TO APOLOGIZE
FOR IT.
FOR IT.
FOR IT. HE SAID YOU CAN'T SERVE GOD AND
THE MILITARY.
THE MILITARY. >> Reporter: WHEN IT COMES TO
ISSUES, THEIR DIFFERENCES
PUSHED THEM FURTHER APART.
LEFFLER IS AGAINST DEFUNDING
THE POLICE AND WARNOCK PROMOTES
GUN SAFETY, IS PRO-CHOICE,
PROPOLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
IS, AGAIN, EXPANDING THE BORDER
WALL.
WALL.
WALL. AND
WALL. AND THEN THERE IS THE OBVIOUS
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE. IF ELECTED, WARNOCK WOULD BE
THE FIRST BLACK SENATOR IN
GEORGIA'S HISTORY.
GEORGIA'S HISTORY. >> I THINK REPRESENTATION
MATTERS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I
HOPE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCEZ .
>> Reporter: AND IF RE-ELECTED,
LEFFLER WOULD REMAIN ONE OF THE
SENATE'S WEALTHIEST MEMBERS.
NEITHER FOUGHT THE BAT UNTIL
GEORGIA ALONE.
GEORGIA ALONE. LEFFLER RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP, GOVERNOR BRIAN
KEMP AND VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE.
PENCE.
PENCE. >>
PENCE. >> WE NEED DAVID PERDUE AND
KELLY LOEFFLER TO GET IN THE
WAY OF OPEN BORDERS, SOCIALIZED
MEDICINE, A GREEN NEW DEAL,
PACKING THE COURTS.
>> Reporter: WHILE FORMER
PRESIDENT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND
STACEY ABRAMS AND HE STOMPED
FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
BOTH KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE,
CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
AND BOTH WILL WAIT TO SEE WHICH
ONE WILL TAKE THE SEAT.
>> THANK YOU, HOPE.
>>> SO A BIG NIGHT OF COVERAGE
TONIGHT FOR YOU ON 11 ALIVE.
THE A.T.L.
THE A.T.L. AND ON 11 ALIVE.COM.
IN ADDITION TO LIVE RESULTS, WE
WILL BREAK DOWN WHERE THE VOTES
ARE COMING FROM AND GET YOUR
REACTION FROM THE CANDIDATES.
SO THIS ALL STARTS FOR YOU AT
7:00 ON THE A.T.L.
AND WE'RE