The State of Georgia has announced it will be going into a full recount of presidential votes due to a close gap between the two presidential candidates.
With just around 14,000 votes giving Biden an advantage over Trump in the state where almost five million votes were cast, the officials have called for a recount to confirm who will take the state’s 16 electoral votes.
According to Georgia law, an audit that involves checking a random cluster of ballots and comparing the results with machine tabulation is required before the results can be certified.
Since the margin between the presidential candidates was so small, less than 0.3% according to the reports, the state has decided to go forward with a full hand recount.
“It’s really what makes the most sense with the national significance of this race and the closeness of this race,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said. “This will help build confidence.”
As he assured, the recount has nothing to do with Trump’s allegations and his campaign’s request to have a recount.
According to the reports, the recount is set to start before the end of this week whereas election results are expected to be certified before the November 20 deadline.
“When you have 5 million votes and the margin is so close, 14,000, if we pulled out 10,000 votes, all of a sudden it could say, well this is the person that won. We pull out 100,000 and this is the person that won. If we pull out a million, this person won,” Raffensperger explained.
“And that’s why mathematically you have to do a full, hand-by-hand recount of all because the margin is so close.”
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