Georgia has re-certified the presidential election results after the latest recount requested by Donald Trump’s campaign affirmed Joe Biden’s win in the state.
It was signaled earlier today that the state would once again certify the results and now it’s just happened, the Associated Press and Reuters report.
What is normally a routine, uncontroversial bureaucratic step – but has become in this election a high-drama, fraught act of preserving American democracy – was performed by Georgia’s Republican secretary of state Brad Raffensperger moments ago.
The recertification followed a hand recount that was triggered by an audit and a formal recount that was requested by Trump’s re-election campaign, both of which upheld Biden’s victory in the state, a press release from Raffensperger’s office stated.
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