Georgia Democratic Electors Cast 16 Votes For Joe Biden
Members of Georgia’s Electoral College are sworn in before casting their votes at the state Capitol, Monday in Atlanta.
John Bazemore / Associated Press
Georgia’s 16 Electoral College votes have been cast for Democrat Joe Biden for president.
The state’s Democratic electors, including former candidate for governor Stacey Abrams, met in the state Senate chamber on Monday.
The electors each marked a paper ballot that was then collected, counted and confirmed by a voice roll call. Abrams then read out the results to the other electors, which included several state lawmakers and Democratic activists.
They were all wearing face masks and kept empty desks between them and only a handful of reporters and support staff were allowed in the Senate chambers because of COVID-19.
The vote formally seals Biden’s win in Georgia, the battleground state where he beat President Donald Trump by about 12,000 votes.
The result of the November election was confirmed by two recounts, including an audit that triggered a full hand tally of ballots.
The Republicans chosen to be electors if Trump won met in a committee room downstairs and cast their votes for Trump. Their votes are not official, but by choosing an alternate slate, Georgia Republicans would be able to have those votes counted for Trump if a court rules in Trump’s favor in an election contest or if Congress chooses to accept the Republican electors.
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