Is anyone else hearing that there are 17,000 military ballots yet to come in on Friday?

[liberalguilt57]

I’m seeing this all over Twitter, but I can’t find a source. They are saying that 17,000 military ballots are expected to come in on Friday. I mean, those have to be Republican votes, right? Talk me down, people!

[msongs]

1. biden won the military votes in GA nt

[Thekaspervote]

2. The military vote went heavily for Biden, and yes that vote comes on Friday

[regnaD kciN]

16. Going for Biden over Trump...

...doesn't necessarily mean opting for both Democrats over these current Republicans this time.

[dewsgirl]

3. My son is in the AF, they voted for Biden.

[marlakay]

11. Same with my son n law in Texas 😁

[SunStar]

4. That was the talk in the general....

Turned out that was 'could come in'. By and large they didn't. Also..decent sized swaths of the military hate Trump and aren't as likely to go for his sycophants as you'd tend to expect.

[fearnobush]

5. Won't matter

Vast majority of what remains 70k is heavy Dem. Biden won the military vote. They may still lean R but 45-55% or so won’t dent it.

[NutmegYankee]

6. Even the Republican Election head the other day said the overseas military vote is blue.

[oswaldactedalone]

7. Could these be a mix of

Overseas ballots as well as military ballots?

[cire41]

8. They're "overseas" votes, not necessarily military

There are plenty of Georgians living and working abroad right now and these mostly went to Biden last time.

[Claustrum]

9. Those are just 17k potential votes that are sent for oversea military.

Most won't be returned and Biden actually won the military votes in the general in GA. I think it will be 50/50 or 60/40 for republicans. It shouldn't be enough to change the results unless we are in less than a few thousand vote difference.

[cry baby]

10. Yes, heard Raffensberger say that on cnn and that Friday 5pm

is the deadline.

[radius777]

12. I think those are a mix of overseas and military

from what Raff said.

Overseas gov't workers tend to lean blue, and military tends to lean red - but remember Biden did better with active duty military than Dems typically do. So I think those ballots will be a wash or even somewhat blue.

[applegrove]

13. Didn't Trump call the troops losers?

[relayerbob]

14. Up to ...

In the General Election, not very many came in after Tuesday. The big Friday event had somewhere around 100 IIRC

[LisaL]

17. Yep, very few.

Certainly won't be 17,000.

[LisaL]

15. Those would be the ballots that have until Friday to come in.

Chances that all 17,000 will be returned by Friday are slim to none.

[Tommymac]

18. That number is the maximum that could come in.

Most likely there are only a few hundred really out there.

A lot of them will never be sent in. A lot are already here and counted in the absentee pile.

And they are not all military - the proper term is Overseas vote. Includes civilians working overseas and ex-pats too.

I would expect no impact as they will most likely break around 50/50.