A recount will take place in Georgia.
Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday that there will be a "full, by-hand" recount of ballots cast in the presidential election in every county in the state. The decision, which was anticipated, is the result of the narrowness of the current margin in the race, which President-elect Joe Biden leads by 14,000 votes.
Georgia's 16 electoral votes remain up for grabs, and Biden has already secured more than the 270 required to win, so flipping Georgia wouldn't strip Biden of a win. President Trump's campaign, however, looks primed to exhaust all their legal options in an attempt to overturn the results in several states, although there has been no evidence to back up their claims of large-scale voter fraud.
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Raffensperger, a Republican, has expressed confidence about the handling of the election in his state, despite calls for his resignation from Georgia's GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, which he quickly shot down. Still, he said the next stage in the process will be an "audit, a recount, and a recanvas all at once" that he hopes "will help build confidence" in the process. Read more at Axios.
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