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WASHINGTON (AP) – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Thursday that a manual audit of the state’s ballots had been completed and confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the state’s Nov. 3 election. .
An audit was launched after unofficial results showed Biden leading President Donald Trump by approximately 14,000 votes.
“The audit confirmed that the original machine count accurately represented the winner of the election,” the secretary of state’s office said in a statement Thursday night.
Raffensperger is expected to formally certify Biden’s victory on Friday.
Trump, who has claimed without proof that there were widespread irregularities and fraud in the states he lost to Biden, including Georgia, can still request a recount in Georgia after the results are certified because the margin of victory was less than 0.5%. .
