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Brad Raffensperger, Georgia state election official, at a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on Dec. 2 – Photo: REUTERS
On December 7, Mr. Brad Raffensperger, an official in charge of Georgia’s state elections, confirmed the results of the elections in this state of the battlefield after the results of the third vote count were given (i.e. , 2 counts). saw Mr. Joe Biden win, according to Fox News.
Raffensperger, a member of the Republican Party, told reporters: “Misinformation about the electoral administration must be condemned and denied. Integrity matters. Truth matters.” .
Georgia has counted the votes three times, including the first since Elections 3-11, the second at the request of Raffensperger, and the third at the request of the Trump campaign.
The three-vote count showed Biden ahead of Trump with about 12,000 votes. The total number of popular votes cast by voters in this state this year is 5 million.
With the victory in Georgia, Mr. Biden will receive all 16 electoral votes from this state. He became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Georgia in nearly three decades.
“Today is an important day for electoral integrity in Georgia and throughout the United States. Georgians can now move forward knowing that their votes, and only valid votes, have been accurately, fairly and reliably counted. ” Raffensperger said.
Before that, at a press conference the same day, Raffensperger noted that “34 days from the 3-11 elections, we now count valid votes up to 3 times and the results remain unchanged.”
However, President Trump refused to yield to Biden and continued to litigate on suspicion of voter fraud.
Trump wrote on Twitter on December 7: “The Governor of Georgia refused to have signature verification on the ballots, which would give us an easy victory. What’s wrong with him? What’s he hiding?”
