PBS reporting
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It is possible we might know the Georgia results on Tues nite - the tabulations start just after polls close 7p EST, and the election workers can prep the mail-in ballots to be able to insert them into the counting machines. They have approximately 1 million mail-ins and 2.1 million early voter ballots already.
For several reasons, it’s unlikely that it will take as long to count the votes in the two runoff elections that will determine control of the Senate, which are arriving at the finish line on Tuesday. It’s even possible — but certainly not guaranteed — that we’ll know who won on Tuesday night, or very early Wednesday.
Two factors work in favor of a faster count this time around. First, fewer races are on the ballot, which means less work for election officials. Second, after the general election, the Georgia State Election Board enacted a rule requiring counties to begin processing early and absentee ballots at least a week before future elections.
Officials can’t actually count the ballots until the polls close, but they can do all the time-consuming prep work. That means votes cast before election day — more than three million, according to Gabriel Sterling, a top state election official — should already be compiled, and pretty much all officials will need to do Tuesday night is hit “tabulate.
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Some polling spots are extending voting by 30 mins. Some results are coming in…too soon of course to know who’s winning.
Voting hours were extended less than an hour in a handful of precincts following a judge’s order. While voting was strong in some spots, state election officials reported light turnout early in the day, including across the deeply conservative region where President Donald Trump held a rally Monday night to encourage GOP voters to turn out in force.
In one contest, Republican Kelly Loeffler, a 50-year-old former businesswoman who was appointed to the Senate less than a year ago by the state’s governor, faced Democrat Raphael Warnock, 51, who serves as the senior pastor of the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. grew up and preached.
The other election pitted 71-year-old former business executive David Perdue, a Republican who held his Senate seat until his term expired on Sunday, against Democrat Jon Ossoff, a former congressional aide and journalist. At just 33 years old, Ossoff would be the Senate’s youngest member.
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45% of the expected vote counted and Ossoff and Warnock lead Purdue and Loeffler by around 54% to 46%. 
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MSNBC reporting that we are waiting on deKalb’s numbers which would be good for Dems at 10:15p EST
And Cobb County coming in still
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10:30p EST
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11:pm EST
According to Gabriel Sterling -Voting System Implementation Manager for GA.
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CNN reporting 11:30EST
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NBC reporting 11:35PM EST
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People keep reacting to these NYT needles - now at 11:40p EST 
MSNBC reporting 11:40P EST
MSNBC reporter
NYT Nate Cohn
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Not called by the networks etc. Watching the needles.
Comments from Senator-Elect (hopefully) Raphael Warnock
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Stacey Abrams will cross every T and dot every i. She is sending out an ad to remind GA voters to make sure their mail-in ballot was accepted, and to get their ballot cured should it be disputed.
She is such a WIZ…and pulls out the stops for GA’s electionis.
The voting rights group launched by Stacey Abrams will roll out a statewide TV, digital and radio ad on Wednesday urging Georgians who cast votes in the consequential Senate runoffs to confirm their ballots were accepted.
The 30-second ad from Fair Fight features Abrams, the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, pointing Georgians toward Peachvote.com to confirm the status of their vote – and find out if they need to correct signature discrepancies or confirm their eligibility by Friday so their ballots can be counted.
“Don’t wait. Your vote has the power to determine the future of Georgia and our country,” she said. “It’s time to make certain your voice was heard. Let’s get it done.”
More than 900,000 Georgians have cast mail-in ballots so far in the Jan. 5 Senate runoff election, but a small number, about 3,400, have been rejected by local election offices because of problems with signatures or other issues that require correction if they are to be counted.
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SoS Raffensperger just went on the air, said that it’s nigh impossible for either Republican to win, and that Trump’s election attacks are to blame.
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Destructo Don
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Ossoff leads!!! 2:30am EST
Nyt
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Senator Warnock (D- GA) - yes!!
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Am starting to breathe easier.
AP has called for Warnock, an hour+ ago.
With 98% reporting, it’s:
Jon Ossoff 50.1% 2,201,741
David Perdue 49.9% 2,192,214
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