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Now, for the top stories from the week of December 7 - December 11.

States develop distribution plans for coronavirus vaccine

Once a vaccine is approved, distribution is expected to start quickly with tens of millions of doses reaching states by the end of the year. All 50 states have released plans for distributing a coronavirus vaccine. We’ve compiled links to those plans on our website.

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Ballotpedia’s federal judicial vacancy count determined there were 53 open federal judgeships on Dec. 1

As of Dec. 1, there were 53 vacancies out of 870 active Article III judicial positions, a total vacancy percentage of 6%. Three of those vacancies were on the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 49 were on U.S. District Courts, and one was on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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A history of runoffs in Georgia

Georgia last held runoff elections for U.S. Senate in 1992 and 2008—both presidential election years. Both years also had runoffs for the statewide office of public service commissioner. View our page for data on changes in turnout and changes in vote margins in those elections.

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