Georgia counties certify the election, as fraud claims dissipate after Trump win

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NPR

Updated November 12, 2024 6:11 PM ET


ATLANTA — Every county in Georgia has certified the results of the 2024 general election, a notable step after some Republican local election board members earlier this year declined to certify other results.

Typically an uncontroversial procedural move, disputes over election certification cropped up in several states in 2020, when supporters of then-President Donald Trump amplified baseless claims of widespread fraud.

The 2020 examples led to worries about what would happen following the 2024 election, with Trump again on the ballot, even as election officials and experts maintained that certification is mandatory and legal guardrails would minimize disruptions.

But with Trump's win in Georgia and in every swing state across the country this year, claims about widespread election fraud have largely dissipated — as have concerns about certification.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/12/nx-s1-5187043/georgia-election-certification-trump-results

[Think. Again.]

1. I wonder if they will be publishing the audit results...

...or just ignore them and let people continue not to verify the first-count results.

Edit to add:

"In 2024, the Georgia legislature passed House Bill 974, which revised Georgia’s audit provisions in Ga. Code § 21-2-498 so that, as of July 2024, the statute requires “precertification risk-limiting audits.” Ga. Code § 21-2-498(b). The statute expands the number of contests subject to a risk-limiting audit, requiring one race in addition to the race at the top of the ballot to be selected as a contest for auditing. Ga. Code § 21-2-498(a)(4)(B). The process to select the additional contest is outlined in Ga. Code § 21-2-498(d). The statute also provides the maximum allowed risk limit over the next four years and beyond with an eight percent risk-limit in 2024, six percent in 2026, and five percent or less in 2028 and thereafter. Ga. Code § 21-2-498(a)(2). Additionally, the statute calls for the Secretary of State to create a pilot program to audit paper ballots using optical character recognition. Ga. Code § 21-2-498.1.
Unless otherwise specified, statutory references are to Ga. Code § 21-2-498."

"In conducting each audit, the local election superintendents must complete the audit prior to final certification of the contest. Ga. Code Ann. § 21-2-498(b). The statute does not specify whether the results are binding on the official results. In November 2020, Georgia conducted a full hand count RLA of the presidential contest, which did not change the outcome—but the hand count results did not replace the originally reported results. It thus remains unclear whether audit results are binding."

Source: https://verifiedvoting.org/auditlaw/georgia/

[johnnyfins]

2. It's a miracle that there was no fraud.

Or maybe it's just because TSF "won". These scumbags are so obvious.