BREAKING NEWS – There WILL be a recount in Georgia because the margin is still so small: Trump and Biden are still neck-and-neck with just 5,000 votes left to count
- Trump and Biden both have 49.4% of the vote in Georgia out of 5million votes counted
- There are only 5,500 left to count and officials say that whatever happens now, that means a recount is necessary
- Georgia carries 16 electoral college votes; if Biden wins it today and keeps his lead in Arizona, he has won
- He will also win if he claims Pennsylvania; he snatched the lead there from Trump on Friday morning
- Trump is refusing to accept the results of the election and says he’s the victim of a conspiracy
Georgia’s Secretary of State on Friday said there would be a recount because the margin is so tight, even as votes continued to be counted.
There are still 5,500 votes outstanding in Georgia. Of the 5million that have already been counted, Trump and Biden are neck-and-neck with 49.4% of the vote each.
Whatever happens now, it will be too close a race for there not to be an automatic recount, Brad Raffensperger said at a press conference.
‘As of 10am, there were a little under 5500 votes to be counted. There are 8.890 military ballots outstanding that will be counted if they are returned by the close of business today.
Whatever happens now, it will be too close a race for there not to be an automatic recount, Brad Raffensperger said at a press conference on Friday
‘Right now Georgia remains too close to call. We’ll have a margin of a few thousand. The focus of our office for now remains on making sure that every legal vote is counted accurately.
‘We can begin to look towards our next steps. With a margin that small, there will be a recount in Georgia,’ he said.
Georgia carries 16 electoral college votes. If Biden claims it today along with any other state, he will win the Presidency. Trump would have to win every state left on the field to get a second term and Biden is leading everywhere.
Biden took a crucial lead in Pennsylvania on Friday morning.
If he wins the state today, he will have won the White House.
But Trump is refusing to accept the results, claiming election fraud all-round.