Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters on Friday that President-elect Joe Biden had definitively won the state, after a hand recountĀ of all votes was completed on Thursday.
“Georgia’s historic first statewide audit reaffirmed that the state’s new secure paper ballotĀ votingĀ system accurately counted and reported results,” Raffensberger said. “This is a credit to the hard work of our county and localĀ electionsĀ officials who moved quickly to undertake and complete such a momentous task in a short period of time.” Ā