The FOX News Decision Desk predicts that former President Donald Trump will win Georgia in the 2024 White House election.
The former president, who narrowly lost the Peach State by less than 1% in 2020, will receive the state's 16 electoral votes.
He and Vice President Kamala Harris have committed significant time, money and resources to Georgia, a traditionally red state where Democrats introduced the policy just four years ago.
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Both Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris have devoted significant time and energy to Georgia. (Getty Images)
Millions of Georgians went to the polls during the early in-person period from Oct. 15 to Nov. 1, and the state broke records for Election Day voting.
The weeks leading up to the election were also marked by a flurry of lawsuits on both sides. In particular, both Republicans and Democrats have filed lawsuits over a set of new rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) in late September, but election officials say they are unable to implement them as they near the finish line. argued that it was possible.
Republican officials, particularly those aligned with President Trump, argued the new rules were an added safeguard to give Georgians confidence in the election.
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The Peach State broke early voting records this year. (Megan Berner/The Washington Post)
The six rules include a requirement that all machine-counted ballots undergo a manual count by county staff to ensure the totals match, and a requirement that all ballots placed in a drop box with video surveillance It included a provision that only submitted ballots would be counted.
A Fulton County judge ruled them “illegal, unconstitutional and void,” and the Georgia Supreme Court later rejected a Republican request for an early appeal before Election Day.
But even before the new controversial measures, Republican election officials in Georgia had been moving to tighten ballot security after the controversy over 2020.
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This includes limiting the number of absentee ballot drop boxes (which were not available until 2020, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution); These include a ban on paying for food and drinks to people waiting in line to vote.
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Democrats accused Republicans of trying to reduce voter access in key battleground states, but Republican officials argued the measure boosted voter confidence.
The result is likely to lead to demands for a recount and even lawsuits from the left.
He increases the number of electors by 16 to 270.
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