In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential race, elections press conferences in the Georgia State Capitol were nationally televised events, as officials defended their work and pushed back on baseless fraud claims.
But last week, only a smattering of reporters and members of the public were present to watch the beginning of a risk-limiting audit of a midterm election contest.
The audit used 10-sided Dungeons & Dragons-style dice to create a random number to kick off an algorithm instructing counties which random batches of ballots to hand-count to verify the outcome.
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