1. What is the role of each state’s Secretary of State?

2. a) What is the name of Georgia’s Secretary of State?
b) How does he explain the need for a hand recount of Georgia’s election?

3. a) What is the deadline for certifying statewide election results in Georgia?
b) How will the state get the recount done on time?

4. How did Raffensperger answer a reporters’s question about the reason for conducting a full hand recount?

5. The numbers:
a) Georgia set an all-time record in number of votes cast in this 2020 election, surpassing the 2008 record of 3.9 million votes. How many votes total were cast?
b) How many votes did each candidate receive?
c) By how many votes is Biden leading Trump?
d) What percent of the overall vote is Biden’s lead?

6. Democrats say Biden won Georgia; Trump supporters say the margin is too close and deserves a recount to ensure all legal ballots are counted - and that if the law allows for a recount, it should be done to reassure voters of its legitimacy. What do you think?

7. Check out Georgia’s presidential election results by year at wikipedia.
a) How many more votes did Donald Trump get in 2020 than he did in 2016?
b) How many more votes did Joe Biden get than Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton did in 2016?
c) What do you think of these numbers? Do you think they say anything about the voters’ feelings or the candidates?