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What is a hand recount? How long will it take? Here's what to know about Georgia's recount of presidential votes

Posted on AllSides November 11th, 2020
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With only about 14,000 votes separating President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump in battleground Georgia, the state is heading into a recount of presidential votes.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who is a Republican, said on Wednesday the state will recount presidential election results in each county by hand due to the close margin.

On Wednesday, Biden was up by less than 0.3% of the nearly 5 million votes cast in Georgia. On Saturday, he was declared winner of the presidential election as some states continued to count...

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/11/11/georgia-recounting-ballots-hand-presidential-race/6251172002/

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