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Saturday 21 November 2020

Georgia governor certifies presidential electors for Biden

By KATE BRUMBACK chines that read and tally
Associated Press the votes and would be
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's paid for by the counties,
governor and top elections the secretary of state's of-
official on Friday certified fice has said.
results showing Joe Biden The hand count produced
won the presidential race some slight differences from
over Republican President the previous machine tally,
Donald Trump. but no individual county
The certification brings the showed a variation in mar-
state one step closer to gin larger than 0.73%, and
wrapping up an election the variation in margin in
that has been fraught with 103 of the state's 159 coun-
unfounded accusations of ties was less than 0.05%, the
fraud by Trump and his sup- secretary of state's office
porters. said. During the audit, sev-
Secretary of State Brad eral counties discovered
Raffensperger certified re- previously uncounted bal-
sults reported by the state's lots and had to recertify
159 counties following a their results.
meticulous hand count of It is the totals certified by
the 5 million ballots cast the counties, not the results
in the race. The results of the hand tally, that were
show Biden with 2.47 mil- Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference on Friday, Nov. certified by the state.
lion votes, President Don- 20, 2020, in Atlanta. "It's quite honestly hard to
ald Trump with 2.46 million Associated Press believe that during the au-
votes and Libertarian Jo defend the integrity of this voting machines correctly nounced the certification dit thousands of uncounted
Jorgensen with 62,138. That year's elections amid at- tabulated the votes. while it was still unfinished. ballots were found weeks
leaves Biden leading by tacks by Trump and other "Working as an engineer Forty minutes afterward, after a razor-thin outcome
a margin of 12,670 votes members of his own party, throughout my life, I live a corrected news release in a presidential election,"
or 0.25%. Later Friday, Re- who claim without evi- by the motto that num- was sent out saying that the Kemp said. "This is simply
publican Gov. Brian Kemp dence that the presiden- bers don't lie," Secretary of results would be released unacceptable."
certified the state's slate of tial vote in Georgia was State Brad Raffensperger later. The momentary slip Raffensperger also said Fri-
16 presidential electors, his tainted by fraud. Kemp has said during a news confer- was yet another moment day that he plans to pro-
spokesman Cody Hall said. neither endorsed Trump's ence at the state Capitol. of drama in a race that has pose legislative changes
At a news conference, fraud claims nor backed "As secretary of state, I be- been fraught with accusa- aimed at increasing trust
Kemp did not clearly en- Raffensperger in his asser- lieve that the numbers that tions. in the results, including al-
dorse the results. Instead he tion that the election was we have presented today Biden is the first Democratic lowing state officials to in-
stated that the law requires conducted fairly. are correct. The numbers presidential nominee to tervene in counties that
him to "formalize the certi- The hand tally stemmed reflect the verdict of the carry the state since 1992. have systemic problems
fication, which paves the from an audit required by a people, not a decision by Now that the results are cer- in administering elections,
way for the Trump cam- new state law and wasn't in the secretary of state's of- tified, Trump's campaign requiring photo ID for ab-
paign to pursue other legal response to any suspected fice or of courts or of either will have two business days sentee voting and adding
options and a separate re- problems with the state's campaign." to request a recount since stricter controls to allow for
count if they choose." results or an official recount Raffensperger's office the margin is within 0.5%. challenges to voters who
The Republican governor request. The audit was stumbled earlier in the day That recount would be might not live where they
hasn't stepped forward to meant to confirm that the when it prematurely an- done using scanning ma- say. q

Illinois teen charged in protest slayings posts $2M bail

for some conservatives He faces multiple charges, arms during unrest. A legal
posted $2 million bail Friday including intentional homi- defense fund for him has
and was released from cus- cide, reckless endanger- attracted millions of dollars
tody. ment and being a minor in in donations, and his moth-
Kyle Rittenhouse is accused possession of a firearm. Wis- er got a standing ovation
of fatally shooting Joseph consin law doesn't permit from women at a Wauke-
Rosenbaum and Antho- minors to carry or possess sha County GOP function
ny Huber and wounding a gun unless they're hunt- in September.
Gaige Grosskreutz during ing. He is due back in court Huber's father, John Huber,
a demonstration Aug. 25 on Dec. 3 for a preliminary asked Kenosha County Cir-
that followed the police hearing. cuit Court Commissioner
shooting of Jacob Blake His case has taken on po- Loren Keating during a
in Kenosha. He posted litical overtones. Supporters hearing Nov. 2 to set Ritten-
bond through his attorney of the Black Lives Matter house's bail between $4 mil-
This undated booking photo from the Antioch (Illinois) Police at about 2 p.m., Kenosha movement have painted lion and $10 million. Huber
Department shows Kyle Rittenhouse, who has been charged County Sheriff's Sgt. David Rittenhouse as a trigger- said Rittenhouse thinks he's
with fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during protest Wright said. happy white supremacist. above the law and noted
in Kenosha, Wis., in late August.
Associated Press Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Il- Conservatives upset over the effort to raise money
linois, told police he was property destruction dur- on his behalf. He also sug-
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A people during a protest in attacked while he was ing recent protests have gested militia groups would
17-year-old from Illinois who Wisconsin and whose case guarding a business and portrayed him as a patriot hide him from police if he
is charged with killing two has become a rallying cry that he fired in self-defense. exercising his right to bear were released. q