Carter Center to Monitor Audit of Georgia Election Results

The Carter Center said on Friday it would monitor the manual recount of election results in Georgia amid a fierce Republicans campaign to cast doubt on the president-elect Joe bidenJoe Biden Biden spoke to some GOP senators, chief of staff said Trump told advisers he could announce 2024 candidacy soon after Biden’s victory is certified: report Obama is ‘troubled’ by GOP attempts to cast doubt on election results: ‘This is a dangerous path’victory there.

The center said it had received accreditation from the Georgian Secretary of State’s office to monitor its risk mitigation audit, announced by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday. The election results for each county in Peach State will be narrated as President TrumpDonald John Trump Biden spoke to some GOP senators, chief of staff said Trump told advisers he could announce 2024 candidacy soon after Biden’s victory is certified: a report from the Ivy League cancels winter sports amid U.S. COVID-19 PLUS pandemic surgeThe campaign and Republicans claim without merit that electoral fraud tainted the nearly 5 million ballots.

Monitors are deployed to several county audit commissions across the state to carry out oversight, the center said it would increase “transparency” in the counting process.

“What we’re watching is what many people call the manual recount. Since the margin in the presidential race is so narrow, this type of verification essentially requires a manual review of each ballot, ”said Paige Alexander, CEO of The Carter Center. “This is unusual, but it provides an opportunity to build confidence in the electoral system before the results are certified by the state.”

Biden was said to have won all 16 Georgia Electoral College votes on Friday by around 14,000 votes, but Republicans have launched several lawsuits claiming without merit that widespread voter fraud tainted the results.

Following an avalanche of pressure from Republicans across the state and nation to act, Raffensperger said on Wednesday he would initiate the manual recount of every vote given the state’s narrow margin.

“My office will continue to investigate every case of illegal voting, double voting, criminal voting, out-of-state voting,” he told a press conference. “We have all worked hard to get fair and accurate counts to ensure that the will of the voters is reflected in the final tally and that every voter has confidence in the result, whether their candidate won or lost.”

The recount must be completed at midnight Wednesday, two days before the Nov. 20 deadline in Georgia to certify the results.

The Carter Center, founded by the former president Jimmy carterJimmy Carter Trump steps back from public eye in post-election fight Jill Biden set to redefine role of First Lady Trump told advisers he plans to run in 2024: MORE report, has attended democratic elections in foreign countries for over 30 years, although this is the first time he has observed an election in the United States

In August, the center launched an effort to build confidence in the electoral process, fearing Americans would lose faith the elections would be fair.

“We have given priority to countries with significant potential to advance democratic transitions or to places where democracy has been threatened. Most of these countries have weak institutions and are plagued by political polarization, lack of public trust, ethnic or racial divisions, or a history of troubled elections. Often there is concern that election results will not be seen as credible or may trigger violence, ”wrote Jason Carter, chairman of the centre’s board of directors, and David Carroll, director of the centre’s democratic program. a CNN editorial.

“Sadly, much of that description now applies to the United States,” they continued. “If ever there was a time to approach democracy and elections in our country, it is now.”