audit of signed envelopes won’t change outcome of presidential race in state, top official says. members of the electoral college met in all 50 states and the district of columbia on monday to formally cast the votes that determine the presidential election. california's 55 electoral votes put president-elect joe biden over the 270 needed to win. georgia will audit signatures submitted by absentee voters in one county, after president trump and his allies called for such a review as they continued to question president-elect joe biden’s victory in the state. secretary of state brad raffensperger, who announced the review on monday, has said the audit wouldn’t change the outcome of the presidential race in georgia. “now that the signature matching has been attacked again and again with no evidence, i feel we need to take steps to restore confidence in our elections,” mr. raffensperger, a republican, said monday at the state capitol. the secretary of state’s office will work with the georgia bureau of investigation to audit signatures in the atlanta suburb of cobb county, which is expected to take two weeks, mr. raffensperger said. the secretary of state’s office also plans to work with a university to conduct a statewide signature match audit, he said. also in georgia, voting is under way for the hotly contested jan. 5 senate runoffs, which will determine control of the u.s. senate. more than 482,000 votes already have been cast, including roughly 314,000 absentee by-mail ballots and 168,000 early in-person votes as of tuesday morning, the secretary of state’s office said.
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