The certification happened following the conclusion of the hand-count of the five million votes requested by the Trump campaign. The State had also had announced an audit of the first count, required by law. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who described himself as a “passionate conservative” and a “proud Trump supporter” said he was disappointed, like other Republicans, that their candidate did not win the State. We saw this from the Democrats in 2018 and we see this from Republicans today,” Mr. Raffensperger said. Mr. Kemp said the audit did not get into the signature matching issue.

Source: The Hindu November 21, 2020 01:34 UTC