The claim: Five statistics about Obama, Trump and Biden appear to discredit election results
On Dec. 14, President-elect Joe Biden secured his victory after he received 306 votes from the Electoral College, per USA TODAY.
Recently, though, social media users have shared a meme with statistics that they claim discredits his victory. The meme compares information about former President Barack Obama in 2008 and President Donald Trump and Biden in 2020.
First, it lists total number of votes they received Obama at 69,000,000, Trump at 74,000,000 and Biden at 81,000,000.
Second, the meme includes the number of counties each candidate won Obama at 873, Trump at 2,497 and Biden at 477.
Georgia secretary of state concludes audit of ballot signatures
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SAVANNAH, Ga. â Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks with a reporter at a conference of local election officials in Savannah, Georgia, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (Photo by Russ Bynum)
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Amid steep criticism from President Donald Trump and his allies, Georgiaâs Republican secretary of state ordered an audit of 10% of mail-in ballots in Cobb County.
The results found that election officials only made a mistake on .01% of signature adjudications.
According to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, law enforcement officers from Georgiaâs Secretary of State office and Bureau of Investigation reviewed more than 15,000 ballots from last monthâs presidential election in Cobb County. President-elect Joe Biden won the county with 56% of the vote.
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