Cobb Elections settling final ballots, counting provisionals

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Here’s an update from Cobb County government as of 10:30 Friday morning:

  • Cobb Elections workers are working with the bi-partisan panel to adjudicate the last few ballots under investigation.

  • They have 25 ballots left to adjudicate. Another 50 cured ballots will be processed only after confirming those voters are NOT on the list of those who voted on election day.

  • There are 906 provisional ballots pending. Voters have until the end of the day today to provide ID if they didn’t have it at the polls, sign the absentee envelope if there was a missing signature or provide more evidence if the ballot was identified as having a signature mismatch. Those voters were contacted by letter, email, or phone call.

Earlier Friday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said there are 8,197 votes left to count in the state, including 700 in Cobb.

The majority of those are in Gwinnett (4,800), which like Cobb has been surging for Democrats in recent elections.

As of 10:30 a.m., Democratic former vice president Joe Biden took the lead from Republican President Donald Trump overnight Friday, by 1,098 votes, with Georgia’s 16 electoral votes up for grabs.

As of 10:30 a.m., Biden had 2,449,590 votes to 2,448,492 for Trump.

That’s a difference of 1,098 votes.

Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue also was trying to avoid a runoff with Democrat Jon Ossoff. At 10:30 a.m. Perdue has 49.84 percent of the vote to Ossoff’s 47.84 percent.

The results from those races are being updated here.

 

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