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US State of Georgia Orders Trump-Biden Vote Recount

Ken Bredemeier

   The top elections official in the southern U.S. state of Georgia on
   Wednesday ordered a hand audit of the close vote there between
   President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden.

   With almost all the votes counted in Georgia, Trump's Democratic
   challenger for a four-year term in the White House is leading by 14,112
   votes out of the nearly 5 million votes cast in the state.

   Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, has said
   he wanted Trump to win the election, but pushed back against Republican
   claims that the Georgia vote count was plagued by irregularities.
   Georgia has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since
   1992.

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