Georgia casts its 16 electoral votes for Biden [View all]
Source: Washington Post
Georgia’s 16 Democratic electors on Monday unanimously cast their votes for Biden during a meeting at the State Capitol, a momentous occasion that followed two statewide presidential recounts and marked the first time since 1992 that the state has chosen a Democrat for president.
The electors, socially distanced and masked, cheered and applauded after the vote was complete.
“This has been a moment long time coming,” said Stacey Abrams, a former gubernatorial candidate, who presided over the meeting. Abrams’s organizing efforts are credited with helping deliver Biden’s narrow win.
Monday’s vote sealed Biden’s 11,779-vote victory after weeks of drama that unfolded in the state after Election Day, with multiple lawsuits filed by Trump and his allies, two recounts that reaffirmed Biden’s win, and efforts by Trump to pressure the state’s Republican governor and secretary of state to overturn the results.
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