some had to doesn t back on hours. it will proebably lead to a debate on the efficacy of it. in part because of the lines. 1.852 million. in 2018, the last time we had a run-off, we had 1.64 million people voting altogether in the entire four weeks. so we ve already blown past that. so why not change it back to nine weeks then? well, because that s not what the law in georgia is. we had a federal judge by fiat, do that. i think if you poll georgians, nine weeks is way too long. we don t want nine weeks of tv commercials going through christmas. so four weeks may be too short or let s look at what other states do. maybe you don t need a run-off. maybe you go to a 45% threshold. maybe an instant run-off. we learn in every election to make the voting experience better for georgians.
so let s talk about election day. do you expect an answer tuesday night? or will this take extra time to determine the winner? what are you preparing for? we re preparing for it being a very tight race. i anticipate, we may not know tuesday night. it really depends because it is up to the voters. and they re showing up in droves. 1.852 million. it s obviously at love enthusiasm. of course, we re the only belle of the ball. everyone in america is focussed on georgia. both democrats and republicans can point to the turnout models and say that s good for us so nobody knows what will happen. and you point out, early voting in this place has set new state records. there s data released by your office and it shows that mail-in voting plunged by 81% from the