Georgia’s Secretary of State on Friday announced there would be an automatic recount of votes because the margin between the two candidates is so tight.
In a press conference, Brad Raffensperger said it will be too close a race for there not to be an automatic recount, The Daily Mail reported.
Of the 5 million votes that have already been counted, Trump and Biden are neck-and-neck with 49.4% of the vote each.
Biden has a tiny lead of just 1,500 votes. As of 10 am, there are still 5,500 votes to be counted.
Raffensperger said, ‘There are 8.890 military ballots outstanding that will be counted if they are returned by the close of business today. Right now Georgia remains too close to call. We’ll have a margin of a few thousand. The focus of our office, for now, remains on making sure that every legal vote is counted accurately. We can begin to look towards our next steps. With a margin that small, there will be a recount in Georgia.”
Georgia carries 16 electoral college votes.