Stacey Abrams, the founder of Fair Fight, said that Democrats are not concerned about only having a slight edge in polling, but feel a "great deal of urgency" around Georgia's two runoff elections on Tuesday.
"We did very well in vote by mail, we did very well in early vote, but we know Election Day is going to be the likely high-turnout day for Republicans, so we need Democrats who haven't cast their ballots to turn out," Abrams said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."MORE: More than 3 million have voted early in Georgia Senate runoffThe two Senate seats on the ballot -- between Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff and GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler the Rev. Raphael Warnock -- will determine which party controls the Senate, prompting national attention.More than 3 million Georgians have voted early.Christopher Aluka Berry/Reuters, FILEStacey Abrams speaks at a Young Democrats of Cobb County meeting as she campaigns in Cobb County, Ga., Nov. 16, 2017.And, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 76,000 people registered to vote between the deadline for November's general election and the deadline for the runoffs. Abrams said they are "very certain" most of those are Democrats based on demographics."What we're so excited about is that we haven't stopped reaching those voters. Millions of contacts have been made, thousands of new registrations have been held," she said. "We know that at least 100,000 people who did not vote in the general election are now voting in this election."Since losing in the 2018 gubernatorial election to Republicans Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Abrams launched Fair Fight to combat voter suppression and encourage voter turnout. During the 2020 general election, Fair Fight and The New Georgia project helped register hundreds of thousands of voters in the state.MORE: Threats sparked by disinformation could lead to real world violence in Georgia, activists sayVice President-elect Kamala Harris will campaign in Savannah, Georgia, later Sunday. Both President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden will visit the state Monday, with Biden campaigning in Atlanta and Trump headlining a rally in Dalton.This is a developing news story. Please check back for updates.Source : abcnews.go.com