{"id":16819,"date":"2020-12-12T11:37:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T19:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=16819"},"modified":"2020-12-12T11:39:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T19:39:27","slug":"what-to-know-about-the-georgia-senate-runoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/12\/what-to-know-about-the-georgia-senate-runoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Know About The Georgia Senate Runoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/onion2-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16824\" srcset=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/onion2-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/onion2-1-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/onion2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/onion2-1-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/onion2-1-250x141.jpg 250w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/onion2-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/what-to-know-about-the-georgia-senate-runoffs-1845811981\">December&nbsp;1<\/a>0, 2020 \u2022 TheOnion.com<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/what-to-know-about-the-georgia-senate-runoffs-1845811981\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 5, Georgia voters will return to the polls to vote in runoff elections for both of the state\u2019s Senate seats.&nbsp;<em>The Onion<\/em>&nbsp;answers the most pressing questions about the Georgia Senate runoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>&nbsp;Why are there runoff elections?<br><strong>A:&nbsp;<\/strong>Georgia state law requires a runoff when results indicate Black voters were insufficiently disenfranchised the first time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>&nbsp;Who are the candidates?<br><strong>A:<\/strong>&nbsp;Four total losers who couldn\u2019t win an election outright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>&nbsp;Is there anything I should know about the candidates?<br><strong>A:<\/strong>&nbsp;No, party affiliation is listed on the ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q:&nbsp;<\/strong>Why is turnout expected to be lower than in the general election?<br><strong>A:&nbsp;<\/strong>With runoffs in January, Georgians may balk at waiting in line to vote when it\u2019s a bone-chilling 70 degrees outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December&nbsp;10, 2020 \u2022 TheOnion.com On January 5, Georgia voters will return to the polls to vote in runoff elections for both of the state\u2019s Senate seats.&nbsp;The Onion&nbsp;answers the most pressing questions about the Georgia Senate runoffs. Q:&nbsp;Why are there runoff elections?A:&nbsp;Georgia state law requires a runoff when results indicate Black&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/12\/what-to-know-about-the-georgia-senate-runoffs\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16819"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16819"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16825,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16819\/revisions\/16825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}