New: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the state will conduct a limited signature match audit in Cobb County, with the results to be released in two weeks. #gapol
State elections official @GabrielSterling says the audit, which matches signatures on absentee ballot envelopes with signatures in the registry, will not affect Biden’s victory in the state. #gapol
A reminder: The unprecedented signature audit could show whether signatures on absentee ballot envelopes really did match the voter signatures kept on file. But there’s no way to match voter signatures to ballots after envelopes were opened.
.@JoeBiden: "Georgia wasn't going to be bullied. Georgia wasn't going to be silenced. Georgia wasn't going to stand by and let Donald Trump or the state of Texas - or anyone else - come here and toss out your votes." #gapol#gasen
.@staceyabrams: “Well, we’ve got to do it again, guys ... While 161,000 Georgians face eviction this year if we don't get relief, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are writing strongly worded letters to a baseball team.” #gapol#gasen
Atlanta Mayor @KeishaBottoms: “Because you dared to use the power of your vote, the moral arc of this country now bends toward a more just America.” #gapol
The Democratic #gasen ticket has arrived in Atlanta. #gapol
.@ReverendWarnock after the Electoral College vote: “The four most powerful words in a democracy are: ‘The people have spoken’ ...Politicians are playing games, as if this is their democracy. They’re going to find out come Jan 5 that this is the people’s democracy.” #gasen#gapol
Hmmm ... I am at the Capitol where Democratic electors are about to vote. And I spotted a few GOP electors behind this door, as well as some Georgia Republican officials. A guy at the door called it an “education meeting” and scrambled when I tried to walk in. #gapol
I headed upstairs, where Georgia’s 16 Democratic electors aren’t behind closed doors, but assembled in the state Senate ready to cast their votes for Joe Biden. #gapol
Here’s what a GOP elector told me for a story that ran on the @ajc front page today: #gapol
The event coincides with the first week of early voting in the twin contests – and comes a day after presidential electors in Georgia and other states formally cast their votes to make Biden the next president. #gapol#gasenajc.com/politics/polit…
Trump’s campaign responds: “Joe Biden’s trip to Georgia next week proves that Democrats are taking the Senate runoff elections seriously and so should Republicans.” #gapol
The GOP infighting over Georgia’s election has now spread to Texas, where an AG facing a federal probe is suing Republican state officials in Georgia seeking to overturn the election for Trump. #gapol