Tag Archives: Georgia

This morning.

Via AP:

Election officials in Georgia’s 159 counties are undertaking a hand tally of the presidential race that stems from an audit required by state law.
The law requires that one race be audited by hand to check that the machines counted the ballots accurately, not because of any suspected problems with the results. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger chose to audit the presidential race and said the tight margin — Democrat Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump by 14,000 votes — means a full hand count is necessary.

The final numbers in the audit count will almost definitely be slightly different than the numbers previously reported by the counties but the overall outcome should remain the same, said Gabriel Sterling, who oversaw the implementation of the state’s new voting system for the secretary of state’s office.

Georgia hand tally of presidential race getting underway (AP)

Meanwhile….

A tweet from US president Donald Trump yesterday

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile…

Amid a razon-thin purported lead by the Democratic candidate in some key swing states, and Republicans questioning the legality of the voting, Dominion Voting Systems has found itself in the eye of the storm.

Dominion, originally a Canadian company that is now headquartered in Denver, makes machines for voters to cast ballots and for poll workers to count them. It also produces the software that helps government officials both organise and keep track of election results.

US President Donald Trump’s campaign attorney demanded recounts in every state that used the company’s software (at least 28 states), after it was revealed to have wrongly given 6,000 votes to Democrats in the Michigan county of Antrim, with a “glitch” being stated as the reason.

“If 30 states have used the software and there’s already proved to be a glitch of 6,000 votes in one balloting area… lawyers should be… demanding a manual recount,” said Jay Sekulow, a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team.

No evidence of US election fraud, says coalition of federal and state officials (Guardian)

Meanwhile…

Ah here.

Meanwhile…

Wise beard.

State of play in remaining swing states in the US Presidential election as of 4pm

This afternoon.

More as we get it.

US election 2020 results live: Joe Biden narrowly ahead of Donald Trump as count continues (Guardian)

Meanwhile…

“We think there’s going to be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence, so much proof, it’s going to end up perhaps at the highest court in the land, you’ll see. We think there’ll be a lot of litigation, because we cannot have an election stolen like this.”

US President Donald Trump last night.

FIGHT!

Meanwhile…

Hmm.

Top Republicans defend Trump on voter fraud claims as concerns grow in the ranks (CNN)

Meanwhile…

Uh oh.

Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvilli in his crib atop Tiblisi, Georgia

Otis Blue writes:

Football fans travelling to Tbilisi for the euro qualifier over the weekend may be interested in the Bond villain style house nestled in the hills high over the city.

The house includes an art collection worth $1bn and an aquariam of sharks.

It’s owned by oligarch billionaire and one time Georgian Prez Bidzina Ivanishvilli. Michael D meets Redacted?

Any excuse.

Pics: Telegrpah, New York Times