Election result may not be known until DECEMBER as Georgia announces it will recount votes
THE election results may not be known until December as Georgia announced it will recount the votes. “With a margin that small, there will be a recount,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Friday morning. “The final tally in Georgia at this point has huge implications for the entire country,” he added. As […]
THE election results may not be known until December as Georgia announced it will recount the votes.
“With a margin that small, there will be a recount,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Friday morning.
“The final tally in Georgia at this point has huge implications for the entire country,” he added.
As of Friday morning, Joe Biden held a lead of just 1,586 votes over Donald Trump in the Peach State, according to CNN.
Both candidates were tied at 49.4percent of votes.
Voting Systems Manager for the Secretary of State’s Office Gabriel Sterling said at a press conference before noon that there were around 4,169 ballots left to be counted.
Under Georgia law, recounts are not automatic – but can be requested by a candidate or the Constitutional Amendments Publication Board if the margin is less than 0.5percent.
A recount request must be made within two days of results being certified.
With the election certification deadline being on November 20, it could be until December when the official recount is in.
Other states, including Pennsylvania and Nevada, could see recounts as well as Trump and Biden’s numbers remain tight.
As of Friday morning, Biden held a 0.1percent lead over Trump in Pennsylvania, with 49.4percent of votes, according to CNN.
Biden had just 9,027 votes compared to Trump in the Keystone State – but his lead was increasing.
Under Pennsylvania law, if the margin is 0.5percent or less in the state, the Secretary of State is required to order a recount.
The recount would have to be ordered by 5pm on November 12, and finished by November 24, The Washington Post reported.
In Nevada, meanwhile, Biden held a lead of 09.percent over Trump, claiming 49.4percent of votes compared to the president’s 48.5.
Biden held the majority by 11,438 votes, according to CNN.
The state does not have any automatic recount rules – and there is also no minimum margin for a losing candidate to request a recount, according to Ballotpedia.
The loser must be willing to pay the costs for the recount – unless it changes the results of the election.
Requests for a recount must be made within three days of the official count, and completed within five days, Ballotpedia states.
Biden was on the verge of a win on Friday morning, as Trump reportedly was planning a “victory rally.”
The president claimed an early victory for a second term on Wednesday morning – despite there being millions of ballots yet to be counted.
Trump and his campaign have made repeated baseless claims of voter fraud.
As Trump spoke on Thursday night, he continued his baseless allegations as he insisted he won.
“They did the mail in ballots where there’s tremendous corruption and fraud going on,” he raged.
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“I told everybody that these things would happen.”
“I’ve already decisively won,” he insisted.
The Trump campaign have filed several lawsuits since votes have been counted in the 2020 Election.