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Georgia results certified; Trump gains over 2k votes but Biden still ahead

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Subject Georgia results certified; Trump gains over 2k votes but Biden still ahead
Date November 20, 2020 7:16 PM
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[The Vote]

We're 17 days out from Election Day. Here's the news that you'll want to kn=
ow:

(1) Georgia's Secretary of State certifies election results with Trump gai=
ning about 2,000 votes in the recount but Biden still the winner <[link removed]
ww.nationalreview.com/news/georgia-secretary-of-state-certifies-biden-win/>
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(2) Georgia county's Board of Elections fires chief elections clerk fired =
after more than 2,500 previously un-tallied ballots found during hand recou=
nt <[link removed]
tor-after-state-audit-uncovers-uncounted-votes>
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(3) House Democrats want to use their majority to ... bring back earmarks =
<[link removed]
next-year/> , while Senate GOP as a "permanent ban" on them

[Georgia's Secretary of State certifies election results with Trump gaining=
about 2,000 votes in the recount but Biden still the winner.]

"Georgia has certified Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election=
in the state, following a by-hand recount that confirmed Biden=E2=80=99s v=
ictory. While over 2,000 votes for President Trump were discovered during t=
he recount, Biden won by a margin of 12,284 votes." (National Review <https=
://www.nationalreview.com/news/georgia-secretary-of-state-certifies-biden-w=
in/> )

Read the full story on=C2=A0National Review <[link removed]
/news/georgia-secretary-of-state-certifies-biden-win/>

=E2=80=A2 Georgia's Secretary of State certified the presidential election=
results and declared Joe Biden the winner. The state awards 16 Electoral C=
ollege votes.
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=E2=80=A2 Georgia just completed its hand recount of the presidential elec=
tion this week because the margin between the two candidates was so close.=
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As the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported, with the emphasis our own: <=
[link removed]
ng-from-initial-counts/ERDRNXPH3REQTM4SOINPSEP72M/> "In all, the manual rec=
ount revealed nearly 6,000 additional votes in the presidential election. A=
bout 3,600 of them were for Trump and 2,200 were for Biden out of 5 million=
total votes cast."
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=E2=80=A2 The issues were reportedly county-specific clerical errors (that=
is, human errors) <[link removed]
-georgia-votes-missing-from-initial-counts/ERDRNXPH3REQTM4SOINPSEP72M/> -- =
rather than widespread issues and/or technical failures -- including "memor=
y cards that hadn=E2=80=99t been loaded into election computers" and failin=
g to "rescan [ballots] after replacing an optical scanner that had a proble=
m."
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=E2=80=A2 President Trump's campaign has until Tuesday to request another =
recount. <[link removed]
s-election-results-making-biden-win-official>

[Georgia county's Board of Elections fires chief elections clerk fired afte=
r more than 2,500 previously un-tallied ballots found during hand recount.]

"Floyd County's Board of Elections voted Thursday to fire its executive dir=
ector after elections officials discovered hundreds of ballots were left un=
counted before the county's initial certification. The Secretary of State's=
Office initially asked for Floyd Chief of Elections Clerk [name removed] t=
o step down after officials discovered the uncounted votes." (Fox 5 Atlanta=
<[link removed]
r-after-state-audit-uncovers-uncounted-votes> )

Read the full story on Fox 5 Atlanta <[link removed]
yd-county-terminates-election-director-after-state-audit-uncovers-uncounted=
-votes>

=E2=80=A2 In Georgia, Floyd County's Board of Election voted to fire the C=
hief of Elections Clerk yesterday. The Georgia Secretary of State had previ=
ously called on him to step down. <[link removed]
ry-state-calls-resignation-county-election-director-after-2600-ballots-disc=
overed-1547874>
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=E2=80=A2 More than 2,600 previously un-tallied ballots were discovered in=
Floyd County during the recount. The Georgia Secretary of State's office s=
aid the issue was "Floyd County election officials failing to upload votes =
from a memory card in a ballot-scanning machine." <[link removed]
us/georgia-recount-unearths-more-than-2600-uncounted-ballots-in-floyd-count=
y-report> The votes have since been tallied and the final vote counts adjus=
ted.
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=E2=80=A2 Earlier this week, the Floyd County GOP Chairman weighed in on t=
he missing ballot issue <[link removed]
ers-2600-new-votes-in-presidential-race/I75NSPYYGNF43HQZBPYKJWJ5MA/> : "It=
=E2=80=99s very concerning. But this doesn=E2=80=99t appear to be a widespr=
ead issue. I=E2=80=99m glad the audit revealed it, and it=E2=80=99s importa=
nt that all votes are counted.=E2=80=9D

[House Democrats want to use their majority to ... bring back earmarks. Sen=
ate GOP has a "permanent ban" on earmarks.]

"House Democratic leaders are proceeding with plans to bring back earmarks =
for the 117th Congress, according to Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer. Hoyer,=
D-Md., said in an interview that sometime after the Appropriations Committ=
ee=E2=80=99s new chairwoman is elected the week of Nov. 30, she will begin =
soliciting House lawmakers to =E2=80=9Cask for congressional initiatives fo=
r their districts and their states." (Roll Call <[link removed]
020/11/20/hoyer-earmarks-are-likely-coming-back-next-year/> )

Read the full story on Roll Call <[link removed]
-earmarks-are-likely-coming-back-next-year/>

=E2=80=A2 Proving the old adage "elections have consequences," House Democ=
rats want to use their majority to bring back earmarks.
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=E2=80=A2 "Earmarks" is the term used for the parts of congressional legis=
lation that direct spending to specific projects or places -- usually (and =
most frustratingly for government budget and waste watchdogs!) to Members o=
f Congress' districts and/or states.
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=E2=80=A2 House Republicans banned earmarks in their 2011 rules, and the S=
enate Republicans have a "permanent ban" on earmarks, too. <[link removed]
lcall.com/2020/11/20/hoyer-earmarks-are-likely-coming-back-next-year/>

=E2=80=A2 But House Democrats want to rebrand earmarks as "congressionally=
directed spending" and, reportedly, return to the practice.


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"><strong>Georgia's Secretary of State certifies election results </strong>=
with Trump gaining about 2,000 votes in the recount but Biden still the win=
ner</a></span></p>
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county's Board of Elections fires chief elections clerk fired</strong> afte=
r more than 2,500 previously un-tallied ballots found during hand recount</=
a></span></span></p>
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ant to use their majority to ... bring back earmarks</strong></a>, while Se=
nate GOP as a "permanent ban" on them</span></p>
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rgia's Secretary of State certifies election results with Trump gaining abo=
ut 2,000 votes in the recount but Biden still the winner.</strong></span></=
span></p>
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#ffff99;"><strong>Georgia has certified Joe Biden as the winner of the pres=
idential election in the state, following a by-hand recount that confirmed =
Biden=E2=80=99s victory.</strong></span> While over 2,000 votes for Preside=
nt Trump were discovered during the&nbsp;recount, Biden won by a margin of =
12,284 votes." (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" hr=
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong>Georgia's Secretary of State=
certified the presidential election results and declared Joe Biden the win=
ner.&nbsp;</strong>The state awards 16 Electoral College votes.</span></spa=
n></span></span></span></span></span></p>
=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09<p style=3D"line-height: 1.2; word-b=
reak: break-word; mso-line-height-alt: 14px; margin: 0;">&nbsp;</p>
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reak: break-word; font-size: 14px; mso-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><=
span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 Georgia just completed i=
ts hand recount of the presidential election this week because the margin b=
etween the two candidates was so close.&nbsp;<br><br></span></span></span><=
/span></span></span></span><a style=3D"background-color: transparent; color=
: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
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veJMFZMGuAK3I2A" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">As the&nbsp;<em>Atlanta=
Journal Constitution</em> reported, with the emphasis our own:</a><span st=
yle=3D"background-color: transparent;"> "</span><strong style=3D"background=
-color: transparent;">In all, the manual recount revealed nearly 6,000 addi=
tional votes in the presidential election</strong><span style=3D"background=
-color: transparent;">. About 3,600 of them were for Trump and 2,200 were f=
or Biden out of 5 million total votes cast."</span></span></p>
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cyTS8&K=3DiAVrrT2Kk2u_CGg4HFwaEA" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">The is=
sues were reportedly county-specific clerical errors (that is, human errors=
)</a></strong> -- rather than widespread issues and/or technical failures -=
- including "memory cards that hadn=E2=80=99t been loaded into election com=
puters" and failing to "rescan [ballots] after replacing an optical scanner=
that had a problem."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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span style=3D"color: #00ccff;"><span style=3D"font-size: 20px;"><strong>Geo=
rgia county's Board of Elections fires chief elections clerk fired after mo=
re than 2,500 previously un-tallied ballots found during hand recount.</str=
ong></span></span></p>
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o-line-height-alt: 17px; margin: 0;"><em>"<span style=3D"background-color: =
#ffff99;"><strong>Floyd County's Board of Elections voted Thursday to fire =
its executive director</strong></span> after elections officials&nbsp;disco=
vered hundreds of ballots were left uncounted before the county's initial c=
ertification. The&nbsp;Secretary of State's Office initially asked for Floy=
d Chief of Elections Clerk [name removed] to step down after officials disc=
overed the uncounted votes." (<a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color=
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong>In Georgia, Floyd County's B=
oard of Election voted to fire the Chief of Elections Clerk yesterday. </st=
rong><a style=3D"text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"http:=
//trk.thevote.online/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMzI1LTI4MzI0ZDhhM2YxZTR=
kYWI5NTNiMzcyZGI0ZDNjMWFm%3AYmlnamFja2J1bHdhcmtAZ21haWwuY29t%3AOTA2MjgxNzM3=
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ci0yNjAwLWJhbGxvdHMtZGlzY292ZXJlZC0xNTQ3ODc0&K=3D4xFlLaFDFagMg0sKHp56_A" ta=
rget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener">The Georgia Secretary of State had previou=
sly called on him to step down.</a></span></span></span></span></span></spa=
n></span></p>
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong>More than 2,600 previously u=
n-tallied ballots were discovered in Floyd County</strong> during the recou=
nt. The Georgia Secretary of State's office said the issue was <a style=3D"=
text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" href=3D"[link removed]
ine/c/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMzI1LTI4MzI0ZDhhM2YxZTRkYWI5NTNiMzcyZGI0=
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election officials failing to upload votes from a memory card in a ballot-=
scanning machine."</a> The votes have since been tallied and the final vote=
counts adjusted.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 Earlier this week, <a style=3D"text-=
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/6/?T=3DOTkyNjA2OTc%3AMDItYjIwMzI1LTI4MzI0ZDhhM2YxZTRkYWI5NTNiMzcyZGI0ZDNjM=
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loyd County GOP Chairman weighed in on the missing ballot issue</a>: "<stro=
ng>It=E2=80=99s very concerning. But this doesn=E2=80=99t appear to be a wi=
despread issue</strong>. I=E2=80=99m glad the audit revealed it, and it=E2=
=80=99s important that all votes are counted.=E2=80=9D</span></span></span>=
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se Democrats want to use their majority to ... bring back earmarks. Senate =
GOP has a "permanent ban" on earmarks.</strong></span></span></p>
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ng back earmarks for the 117th Congress, according to Majority Leader&nbsp;=
Steny H. Hoyer</strong></span>. Hoyer, D-Md., said in an interview that som=
etime after the Appropriations Committee=E2=80=99s new chairwoman is electe=
d the week of Nov. 30, she will begin soliciting House lawmakers to =E2=80=
=9Cask for congressional initiatives for their districts and their states.<=
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tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 <strong>Proving the old adage "elect=
ions have consequences," House Democrats want to use their majority to brin=
g back earmarks.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><=
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span style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><span style><span style><span style><span s=
tyle><span style><span style>=E2=80=A2 "Earmarks" is the term used for the =
parts of congressional legislation that direct spending to specific project=
s or places -- usually (and most frustratingly for government budget and wa=
ste watchdogs!) to Members of Congress' districts and/or states.</span></sp=
an></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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[The Vote]

We're 17 days out from Election Day. Here's the news that you'll want to know:

(1) Georgia's Secretary of State certifies election results with Trump gaining about 2,000 votes in the recount but Biden still the winner <[link removed]>

(2) Georgia county's Board of Elections fires chief elections clerk fired after more than 2,500 previously un-tallied ballots found during hand recount <[link removed]>

(3) House Democrats want to use their majority to ... bring back earmarks <[link removed]> , while Senate GOP as a "permanent ban" on them

[Georgia's Secretary of State certifies election results with Trump gaining about 2,000 votes in the recount but Biden still the winner.]

"Georgia has certified Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election in the state, following a by-hand recount that confirmed Biden’s victory. While over 2,000 votes for President Trump were discovered during the recount, Biden won by a margin of 12,284 votes." (National Review <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on National Review <[link removed]>

• Georgia's Secretary of State certified the presidential election results and declared Joe Biden the winner. The state awards 16 Electoral College votes.

• Georgia just completed its hand recount of the presidential election this week because the margin between the two candidates was so close.

As the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported, with the emphasis our own: <[link removed]> "In all, the manual recount revealed nearly 6,000 additional votes in the presidential election. About 3,600 of them were for Trump and 2,200 were for Biden out of 5 million total votes cast."

• The issues were reportedly county-specific clerical errors (that is, human errors) <[link removed]> -- rather than widespread issues and/or technical failures -- including "memory cards that hadn’t been loaded into election computers" and failing to "rescan [ballots] after replacing an optical scanner that had a problem."

• President Trump's campaign has until Tuesday to request another recount. <[link removed]>

[Georgia county's Board of Elections fires chief elections clerk fired after more than 2,500 previously un-tallied ballots found during hand recount.]

"Floyd County's Board of Elections voted Thursday to fire its executive director after elections officials discovered hundreds of ballots were left uncounted before the county's initial certification. The Secretary of State's Office initially asked for Floyd Chief of Elections Clerk [name removed] to step down after officials discovered the uncounted votes." (Fox 5 Atlanta <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on Fox 5 Atlanta <[link removed]>

• In Georgia, Floyd County's Board of Election voted to fire the Chief of Elections Clerk yesterday. The Georgia Secretary of State had previously called on him to step down. <[link removed]>

• More than 2,600 previously un-tallied ballots were discovered in Floyd County during the recount. The Georgia Secretary of State's office said the issue was "Floyd County election officials failing to upload votes from a memory card in a ballot-scanning machine." <[link removed]> The votes have since been tallied and the final vote counts adjusted.

• Earlier this week, the Floyd County GOP Chairman weighed in on the missing ballot issue <[link removed]> : "It’s very concerning. But this doesn’t appear to be a widespread issue. I’m glad the audit revealed it, and it’s important that all votes are counted.”

[House Democrats want to use their majority to ... bring back earmarks. Senate GOP has a "permanent ban" on earmarks.]

"House Democratic leaders are proceeding with plans to bring back earmarks for the 117th Congress, according to Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer. Hoyer, D-Md., said in an interview that sometime after the Appropriations Committee’s new chairwoman is elected the week of Nov. 30, she will begin soliciting House lawmakers to “ask for congressional initiatives for their districts and their states." (Roll Call <[link removed]> )

Read the full story on Roll Call <[link removed]>

• Proving the old adage "elections have consequences," House Democrats want to use their majority to bring back earmarks.

• "Earmarks" is the term used for the parts of congressional legislation that direct spending to specific projects or places -- usually (and most frustratingly for government budget and waste watchdogs!) to Members of Congress' districts and/or states.

• House Republicans banned earmarks in their 2011 rules, and the Senate Republicans have a "permanent ban" on earmarks, too. <[link removed]>

• But House Democrats want to rebrand earmarks as "congressionally directed spending" and, reportedly, return to the practice.


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