Georgia Voice Counting Complete, Confirm Joe Biden's Victory

JAKARTA - Georgia State Secretary Brad Raffensperger said Thursday, November 19 that the manual counting of ballots had been completed, which confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the United States (US) Election in the state.

Georgia previously launched an audit after unofficial results showed Biden leading President Donald Trump by a difference of about 14,000 votes.

"The audit has confirmed that the original machine count accurately portrays the winner of the election," the state secretary's office said in a statement on Thursday evening, November 20.

Raffensperger is scheduled on Friday to officially certify Biden's victory. Trump can still request a recount in Georgia, once the results are certified, because the winning margin is less than 0.5 percent.

The incumbent president has claimed, without evidence, that there was widespread corruption and fraud in the states where he lost to Biden, including Georgia.