The election in Georgia could be as pivotal as it was four years ago
Donald Trump’s future, election security and voting rights are all in play in the Peach State
In 2020 no other state produced as much election drama as Georgia. In the end it gave Democrats slender victories that helped them win both the White House and a majority in the Senate, though not before Donald Trump, unsuccessfully, implored Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, to “find 11,780 votes”, the number needed to overturn the swing state’s results in his favour. In 2024 Georgia will again find itself taking centre stage—for three reasons.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Finding the votes”
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