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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI don't get it: if GA is recounting all votes, how can we conclude that GA is for Biden?
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I don't get it: if GA is recounting all votes, how can we conclude that GA is for Biden? (Original Post)
question everything
Nov 2020
OP
Thank you. No, not a joke but am not familiar with all the calculations. Makes sense.
question everything
Nov 2020
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soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. Because counts never change by more than 500 or something?
Idk
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)2. Because all the votes were counted and Biden won.
The recount is to verify that count.
But because it is being recounted isnt any reason not to report the final tally of the first count.
drray23
(7,627 posts)3. is it a joke ?
Joe Biden has a lead of 14k votes or so. Recounts do not change totals by more than a couple hundreds at most.
question everything
(47,465 posts)5. Thank you. No, not a joke but am not familiar with all the calculations. Makes sense.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)4. It would be unheard of for a recount to find more than a few hundred
He is ahead by 14,172