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Deadline Near for Hand Tally of Presidential Race in Georgia

Associated Press

   ATLANTA - Election officials across Georgia are staring down a
   Wednesday deadline to complete a hand tally of the presidential race in
   the state.

   The hand recount of nearly 5 million votes stems from an audit required
   by a new state law and wasn't in response to any suspected problems
   with the state's results or an official recount request. The law
   requires the audit to be done before the counties' certified results
   can be certified by the state.

   The deadline for the counties to complete the audit is 11:59 p.m.
   Wednesday, ahead of the Friday deadline for state certification.

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