November 18.[1] The statewide election results are set to be certified on November 20.[2] Raffensperger required the Audit to “be open to the public and the press” and required local election officials to “designate a viewing area from which members of the public and press may observe the audit for the purpose of good order and maintaining the integrity of the audit.”[3] The two major political parties—Democratic and Republican—were permitted “the right to have one properly designated person as a monitor of the audit for each ten audit teams that are conducting the audit, with a minimum of two designated monitors in each county per party per room where the audit is being conducted.”[4] The designated monitors were not required to remain in the public viewing areas, but were required to comply with the rules promulgated by Raffensperger and the local election officials.[5] The Audit process differs from that required by Georgia law for a recount requested by a unsuccessful candidate following the official certification of votes. See O.C.G.A. § 21-2-524.
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