Any word on Georgia?

[angrychair]

it would seem that all the votes that could change the outcome have been counted. Am I wrong??

[Ellipsis]

1. It's on my mind.

I don't think they'll call it until the automatic recount is done.

[LisaL]

2. There is no automatic recount in GA.

Trump has to ask for one. SOS can also decide to do one, and apparently he decided to do so.

[sunonmars]

3. They are waiting, its expensive and if Biden wins Arizona too, they may not bother.

[LisaL]

4. Their rules don't even require an auotomatic recount.

Trump can ask for one. Why SOS wants to do it before Trump even asked is not clear to me.

[Hortensis]

17. According to the AJC tonight, Biden's lead has only grown,

currently at 10,353. A few votes are reportedly outstanding, but the AJC doesn't know how many.

A recount is expected, but fwiw Stacey Abrams says it won't change Biden's win in GA.

I'm wondering if that might encourage voters in the senate runoffs in January...!

[StevieM]

30. A recount is unlikely to change an election result that is not within 1/10 of 1 percent. (eom)

[Iris]

27. To be honest, I'm glad they ware doing one. It won't change the outcome but

at least it will be transparent.

[Ellipsis]

7. What about the down ballot races?

[LisaL]

8. Candidates can ask for recounts.

NT

[Ellipsis]

5. sorry. I assumed. I just knew it was going to happen.

[anamnua]

28. Ironically written by a died-in-the-wool Republican: Hoagy Carmichael. NT.

[Ellipsis]

29. I had no Idea.

Wild.

[Blue_true]

10. The SOS is a repugh, he called for a recount even without Trump asking.

Arizona may end the issue all totally, looks like there is no way Trump catches Biden there, in fact, Biden is more likely to expand his lead.

[LisaL]

12. That's what it looks like to me also.

Republican SOS wants to recount even without Trump asking for it.

[StevieM]

31. Whereas the GOP court in Michigan blocked the recount 4 years ago.

I think they suspected that Vladimir Putin changed the results and wanted to make sure that nobody found out.

[obamanut2012]

15. SoS said Friday they will be doing one

[LisaL]

20. I know. But there is no automatic recount and SOS isn't required to have one done.

NT

[joshcryer]

23. The slow part was unpacking the ballots and stacking them.

The invalid ballots (ones marked wrong or which won't scan or can't be 'cured') aren't going to be in the batches they will scan, so the scanning will happen relatively quickly.

[Ellipsis]

26. Thats what I would think... When they did Wis. in 2016 it didn't take that long.

[angrychair]

21. Maybe

but its difference of over 10,000 is likely to change much.

[Blue_true]

6. The difference has triggered an automatic recount. So we likely won the know until late this

week or early next week. Looks like Arizona will be officially confirmed for Biden in the next 2-3 days.

[LisaL]

9. There is no automatic recount in GA.

NT

[Blue_true]

16. The Republican SOS said that there would be one because the margin was below a cutoff.

He can make the rules as he sees fit to help Trump, that is why we should have kept him out of office in 2018.

[LisaL]

18. My point exactly.

NT

[getagrip_already]

11. Someone just posted a link to nate cohn calling it over...

Arizona also, but a different analyst.

It's over. Joe maintains the lead.

[Statistical]

13. Yup at this point almost certain Biden wins not just PA but also NV, AZ, and GA too.

Looks like he will just barely (20K to 40K) lose NC. At this point it is just the long wait for all this to certified and official.

[cry baby]

14. As of 4 hrs ago, Biden is up 10,353

https://alex.github.io/nyt-2020-election-scraper/battleground-state-changes.html

[Blue_true]

19. Dang, Joe has passed my upper estimate. But I am happy about it.

[joshcryer]

22. Looking great. Should pass the recount with ease.

[angrychair]

24. Problem is

when does that recount start and its likely to take a week or more once it starts to complete. Looking at the end of November at least

[joshcryer]

25. Nah, they have many high speed scanners.

The slow part was unpacking the ballots, scanning them, curing them (the ones that didn't scan properly, and have to have their little circles filled in better under two observers).

The ballots that are stacked and retained are all ready to go, they just have to throw them in to the scanners.

I expect the recount will go in a couple of days at most.