Nov 20 Vice President Pence campaigns in Georgia ahead of Senate runoffs By Bill Barrow, Jeff Amy, Associated Press While Pence has joined Trump in not yet conceding to Biden, the vice president has avoided repeating Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. Continue reading
Nov 20 Georgia Secretary of State certifies election for Joe Biden By Kate Brumback, Associated Press “Working as an engineer throughout my life, I live by the motto that numbers don’t lie,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a news conference at the state Capitol. Continue reading
Nov 19 Joe Biden wins Georgia, flipping the state for Democrats By Associated Press Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election on Nov. 7 after flipping Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Biden now has 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232. Continue reading
Nov 19 Georgia completes presidential hand tally, affirms Biden lead By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The hand recount of about 5 million votes stemmed from an audit required by a new state law and wasn't in response to any suspected problems with the state's results or an official recount request. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch 10:25 Behind the ballots in Georgia’s recount — the largest in U.S. history As President Trump presses forward with legal challenges to the election and reiterates false claims that he won, Georgia has been in the spotlight due to its massive statewide recount. The deadline for completing the recount is approaching -- and… Continue watching
Nov 18 WATCH: Georgia election official holds news conference amid recount By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The hand recount of nearly 5 million votes stems from an audit required by a new state law and wasn’t in response to any suspected problems with the state’s results or an official recount request. Continue reading
Nov 17 WATCH: Georgia secretary of state’s office speaks about election recount By Jeff Amy, Associated Press Georgia's secretary of state is a man on an island, and the political flood is rising fast, as President Donald Trump and his allies vent their outrage at the fellow Republican over unsupported claims that mismanagement and fraud tainted the… Continue reading
Nov 13 Georgia hand tally of presidential race gets underway By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The law requires that one race be audited by hand to check that the machines counted the ballots accurately, not because of any suspected problems with the results. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 6:07 What this Georgia Republican wants to see from state’s recount In Georgia, President-elect Biden leads President Trump by more than 14,000 votes, but the state will conduct a hand recount of nearly 5 million ballots. Trump and Georgia Republicans continue to ask for investigations into “voting irregularities,” but the Republican… Continue watching
Nov 12 WATCH: Georgia counties prepare for hand tally of presidential race By Kate Brumback, Associated Press On Wednesday, Raffensperger announced an audit of presidential election results that he says would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin is so tight. Continue reading