Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday his state will conduct a manual hand recount of all ballots cast in the presidential race in the state, as he faces growing pressure from fellow Georgia Republicans over accusations of voting irregularities and mismanagement of the state’s elections.
“This will help build confidence. It will be an audit, a recount and a recanvas all at once,” Raffensperger said at a press conference. “It will be a heavy lift.”
He said the presidential contest will undergo a risk-limiting audit, which requires a full by-hand recount in each of Georgia’s 159 counties.
Ninety-seven counties in the state have sent in final numbers to the state, Raffensperger said, and the current margin of votes between President-elect Biden and President Trump is 14,111. He vowed that his office has been investigating, and will continue to investigate, all instances of voting irregularities.
“Every legal vote will count,” he said.
(AP)
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And since no recount in the modern history of the US has ever shifted more than a few hundred votes, and there is ZERO evidence of actual, systematic, voter fraud, we will get to announce AGAIN that Trump is a loser. Shkoyach!
Since this publication is so dedicated to perpetuating the lie of voter fraud, I’m sure you’ll chip in to reimburse the tax payers of Georgia for the cost of this waste of time? Right?
Trump looks like getting a breakdown, Give him some good Tranqulizer
praying for a miracle for israel’s greatest friend (not biden)
OrechDin ,
That did not stop the Democrats from hounding Trump for Russian Collusion, Although there was ZERO proof that any Russian meddling was afoot, tens of millions was spent on that witch hunt.
Interesting that 4 short years ago, without any proof, the Democrats were shouting voter fraud. It seems that since that time, it became impossible to have any large scale fraud in the system.
OrechDin, when Gore chips in for the recount in Florida….
Above commentors 1-3 seem all too excited to Dump Trump the sleeze and to take on the wholly ehrlich Democrats who only mean the best for our country, our way of life, get the best judges in and for Israel. Good luck to you all. Time to get your eyes checked cuz you very, very near-sighted.
And what will the degenerate whining adulterer say when the recount affirms Biden’s victory?
Maybe they’ll find suitcases of ballots, like the hundred found in Puerto Rico
Unless Trump feels confident that recounting will change the results in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona – he is wasting his time and risking a backlash that will give the Democrats control of the Congress. Those states were very close, and the “new” voting system based on mailed in ballots makes it possible, but losing by a smaller margin doesn’t help and whining hurts him and his party.
Orech din: So let’s see what happens, maybe you’re right -or maybe you aint…..Will be very interesting indeed………
This is a mammoth undertaking. But that is the benefit of printed ballots.
MendyOnline – The Mueller Report found hundreds of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives, and let to over 30 indictments, and several Trump campaign officials (and administration members) going to prison. Did you read the report, or just take Bill Barr at his word? If anything, the investigation didn’t go far enough because it did not look at Trump’s financial ties to Russia. He owes $2.4 billion to someone, and Eric Trump said on air that they get most of their financing from Russia. Are you saying that these recounts are an act of revenge for the Mueller investigation?
Sugya25 – I’m not saying that can’t do the count. I’m saying nothing will change. Many recounts have been done in the US in the last 20-30 years, and unless the difference is under 1,000 votes, nothing changes. The Georgia Secretary of State is Republican. If there was ANYTHING remotely untoward it would have come out already (as reality, not the fever dreams of the internet).
TGIShabbos – in Florida in 2000 there was a difference of 537 votes over three counties total. There wasn’t a state-wide recount, just 3 precincts. The recount was never completed, thanks to the US Supreme Court. I can’t find a definitive answer on who paid for the Florida recount, but from what I can see, it was the Gore campaign. Georgia has over 5 million votes to count. Georgia could have had Trump pay for the recount, as it is normally required. But they’re so terrified of the Trump rabble and the fact that that Trump campaign is broke, that they found a way to coddle the loser even more and have the taxpayers pay for it.
Again, if y’all want ANOTHER headline saying that Trump lost (he’s down over 5 million votes nationally), then fine.
How do we know they wont count duplicates or illegitimate ones? I can see Biden and those phonies sticking fraudulent demacratic votes to be counted again. 1st need ways of verifying the validity of what is being counted.