Georgia Election Officials Announced, Tuesday Evening Nov. 17th, a Second Georgia County has uncovered 2,755 Votes Not previously Counted in the State's Presidential Race, Fayette County, were Election Workers didn't Initially Upload Votes stored on a Memory Card. The Breakdown of the Uncounted Ballots was 1,577 for Trump, 1,128 for Biden, 43 for Libertarian Jo Jorgensen, and Seven Write-In Votes.
So the New Totals are, Biden’s Lead will go from around 13,422 to 12,973 Votes.
Georgia Election Officials Announced, Monday Evening Nov. 16th, that they had discovered 2,600 Ballots, in Floyd County, that had Not been previously Reported to the State, a Notable but Overall Minor Hiccup in what they Otherwise described as a Smooth Recounting of the nearly Five Million Ballots, in 159 Counties, cast by Georgia Voters during the Presidential Election.
The Counting is expected to wrap up this week, and Elections Officials have Reported Few Problems aside from the Error in Floyd County, which is located in Northwestern Georgia and Voted heavily for Trump. Democrats said the Recount had so far Resulted in No Substantive Changes, at least None that would Affect the Lead Currently enjoyed by Biden.
“The Floyd County situation was unfortunate,” said Gabriel Sterling, an Official with the Office of Georgia’s Secretary of State. However, he added, “The majority of the counties right now are finding zero deviations from the original number of ballots.”
The Secretary of State’s Office, declined Monday, to Release the Results of the Recounts from Individual Counties. But over the Weekend Patrick Moore, a Lawyer for the Biden Campaign, said that Democrats had been keeping tabs on the County-by-County Results and had found that while some Discrepancies between the Original Counts and the Recounts had Emerged, they were Minor and would Not affect Biden’s Front-Runner Status in the State.
“As expected, the counties that have completed their audit thus far have shifted vote totals but almost imperceptibly, and thus far in favor of Joe Biden,” Moore said during a Telephone News Conference.
Some of Georgia’s other Large Counties also reported, on Monday, that the Recount was going smoothly. DeKalb County, a Populous Suburban County on Atlanta’s Eastern flank, finished its count of 370,000 Ballots Sunday, a Process that One County Official described as “seamless.”
Ross Cavitt, a Spokesman for Cobb County, said that the Bulk of his County’s Ballots had been Counted, but that there was still Work to be done Monday. “Nothing that indicates there’s going to be a substantial change in the results,” he added.
Counties that have already Certified their Vote Totals will have to Recertify them after the Wednesday Deadline if there are Discrepancies from the Original Tally.
With the Minor Changes and the Newly Discovered Ballots in Floyd County, Biden’s Lead will go from around 14,200 to around 13,422 Votes.
The State Faces a Nov. 20th Deadline for Certifying the Overall Results. After that point, by Georgia Law, the Second-Place Finisher may Request another Recount if the Difference in the Vote Totals is within Half a Percentage Point. Mr. Biden currently Leads by 0.28%.
That New Recount would be Performed by Running the Ballots through Scanners, Not by Hand.
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