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EXPLAINER: Is Georgia's upcoming ballot 'audit' a recount?

by Christina A. Cassidy
| November 12, 2020 4:05 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia says it’s going to be tallying — by hand — nearly 5 million ballots that were cast in its very close presidential election on Nov. 3. But is it a recount? An “audit"? And why are they doing it?

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