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Georgia Announces 2020 Election Results Will Be Officially Recounted By Hand

<p>Roommates&comma; following all of the uproar from Donald Trump regarding the 2020 election results which officially placed Joe Biden as the new President-elect&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;judge-denies-trump-campaigns-request-to-pause-vote-count-in-georgia&sol;">Georgia<&sol;a> has made an interesting decision&period; It was announced earlier this week that the state of Georgia plans to launch an official recount of all votes from the election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;npr&period;org&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;11&sol;933830340&sol;georgia-will-conduct-a-hand-recount-amid-gops-baseless-fraud-claims">recent press conference<&sol;a> Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that the state will conduct a hand recount of the 2020 presidential race&comma; where President-elect Joe Biden currently holds a 14&comma;000 vote lead over Donald Trump&period; This follows days of baseless accusations of election fraud from members of the Republican Party and the Trump administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The recount has to be completed no later than Friday&comma; November 20<sup>th<&sol;sup>&period; However&comma; it should be noted that  a hand recount will likely be less accurate than a machine recounts and will also be much more costly&comma; estimated to cost the state of Georgia millions of dollars&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This will help build confidence&comma;” Raffensperger said&comma; as he was surrounded by a bipartisan group of local election officials&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It will be a heavy lift&period; We will work with the counties to get this done in time for our state certification&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Joe Biden&&num;8217&semi;s victory in Georgia was the first for a Democrat since 1992 and a major blow to the long-dominant Georgia GOP&period; Top Republicans&comma; including President Trump and both of the state&&num;8217&semi;s Republican senators are baselessly accusing Democrats of perpetrating election fraud&comma; a claim Raffensperger and local election officials of both parties have rejected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this week&comma; Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler&comma; called for Raffensperger to resign after alleging &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;too many failures in Georgia elections this year&comma;” but without mentioning anything specific to support their claims&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-70285" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;Georgia-recount&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"746" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CHdeElFBuYM&sol;">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CHdeElFBuYM&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom" data-saferedirecturl&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;url&quest;q&equals;https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom&amp&semi;source&equals;gmail&amp&semi;ust&equals;1605207399270000&amp&semi;usg&equals;AFQjCNEfZJ1u-zJTvAkivZkY0r2zjDH1Xg">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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