Recount In Georgia House Race Begins After Dem’s Request

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ATLANTA (AP) — A recount is set to begin in the race for a suburban Atlanta congressional seat that Republican Rep. Rob Woodall leads by a few hundred votes.

Georgia election officials ordered the recount begin Wednesday after Woodall challenger Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux requested it.

Official results, certified Saturday, show Bourdeaux trailing Woodall by 419 votes out of 280,411 cast.

Georgia law allows a recount if the margin between the candidates is 1 percent or less.

In-person votes are cast electronically in Georgia, and those tallies aren’t likely to change.

But absentee and provisional votes are cast on paper ballots, and recounting those votes has previously produced minor changes.

Woodall is looking to hold on amid an election marked by House gains for Democrats as suburbanites across the country rebelled against the GOP.

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  1. More LIBTARD election HIJACK rigging! AMERICA embraced TRUMP and TRUMP embrace the REPUBLICAN and now LIBTARDS want to REVERSE the will of the PEOPLE by counting ALL THE VOTES!

  2. Avatar for evave2 evave2 says:

    You know, I find it hard to read your comments but I am always glad I did.

  3. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    Why is this considered significant news? The race is within the margin for a recount, the loser asks for a recount. Duh.

  4. Just count the VOTES for the WINNER. They are THE ONLY ones that MATTER!

  5. “In-person votes are cast electronically in Georgia, and those tallies aren’t likely to change.”
    Those old Diebold machines can be adjusted to give either candidate an advantage without anybody being the wiser. Only the director of the board of election for each individual county knows, Georgia has 159 counties and all those directors reported to Kemp. So, guess who wins in Georgia.

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