Georgia confirms Biden victory and finds no widespread fraud after statewide audit
Source: CNN
(CNN) Georgia has finished its statewide audit of the razor-thin presidential race and President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump, according to a news release from the Secretary of State's office. Biden beat Trump by 12,284 votes, according to the final results from the audit. This is a slight drop for Biden compared to the pre-audit results.
Officials have said repeatedly that the audit confirmed there was no widespread fraud or irregularities in the election. Georgia is required under state law to certify its election results by Friday.
There is no state where the sting of Trump's loss has been more acutely felt than in the red state of Georgia. he suburban revolt against Trump in the suburbs surrounding Atlanta, paired with huge turnout among Black voters, powered Biden's gains in the state, building on years of intensive Democratic organizing to register voters. The state is now the center of the political universe, because the two US Senate runoff elections will determine which political party controls the Senate.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/19/politics/georgia-recount-election-results/index.html
underpants
(182,736 posts)riversedge
(70,182 posts)Talitha
(6,581 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,289 posts)patricia92243
(12,595 posts)WHY on earth would he do that? They just had a hand count. It doesn't make sense to demand another hand count.
David__77
(23,367 posts)...
Talitha
(6,581 posts)Desperation would be my guess.
Or maybe it's the next step in Putin's playbook.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)I think Trump is out of free options on that one. I certainly don't want to pay a dime for that slimeball.
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)the Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, made it clear that any recount would be a rescan.
bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)Hardly. Narrow maybe, or closer than expected, but not 'razor-thin'
Cha
(297,101 posts)Jeesh!
IronLionZion
(45,410 posts)When a Dem flips the state after 3 decades
klook
(12,154 posts)You, know, like some kind of just spitballing here maybe a receipt or a written record that could be verified by the voter, to ensure that his or her vote is accurately recorded.
Oh, what am I thinking? Crazy idea, huh?
C Moon
(12,212 posts)We all know that's the real problem with our elections.
Trump's team of jackasses is pulling the typical "we cheat, I'm sure they do, too" bull shit.