Eyes On Georgia As Absentee Ballot Count Continues

At a press conference Wednesday at the state Capitol, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger spoke about counting all the ballots, despite legal threats from President Donald Trump early Wednesday morning, calling for states across the country to stop counting ballots.

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Updated Wednesday at 3:12 p.m.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says counties should be able to finish counting around 200,000 remaining absentee ballots by Wednesday.

That number includes 74,000 in Fulton County, whose processing was delayed because of a water pipe burst on Tuesday.