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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGeorgia's governor and top elections official on Friday certified results showing Joe Biden won
ATLANTA (AP) "Georgias governor and top elections official on Friday certified results showing Joe Biden won the presidential race over Republican President Donald Trump.
The certification brings the state one step closer to wrapping up an election that has been fraught with unfounded accusations of fraud by Trump and his supporters.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified results reported by the states 159 counties following a meticulous hand count of the 5 million ballots cast in the race. The results show Biden with 2.47 million votes, President Donald Trump with 2.46 million votes and Libertarian Jo Jorgensen with 62,138. That leaves Biden leading by a margin of 12,670 votes or 0.25%.
Later Friday, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp certified the states slate of 16 presidential electors, his spokesman Cody Hall said.
The hand tally stemmed from an audit required by a new state law and wasnt in response to any suspected problems with the states results or an official recount request. The audit was meant to confirm that the voting machines correctly tabulated the votes."
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-certify-election-joe-biden-ea8f867d740f3d7d42d0a55c1aef9e69
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(68,352 posts)Trump lost and this is the beginning of the end for him.
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(68,352 posts)relieved.