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Decision Desk HQ and Insider have announced that President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have won Georgia. It's the first Democratic presidential victory in the state since Bill Clinton's narrow win in 1992, and earns Biden the state's 16 electoral votes. It brings Biden's final Electoral College count to 306, well above the 270 vote threshold for victory. Trump will earn 232 Electoral College votes. According to Business Insider, nearly all statewide precincts have reported. Biden led Trump by a 0.3% margin, earning 49.5% of the votes compared to Trump's 49.2%. Due to the closeness of the race, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday ordered a statewide audit of the presidential election results. Such an audit requires that each ballot be counted by hand. Final vote tallies from each precinct must be submitted by November 18th.
US Vice President Kamala Harris meets British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street, London. Kamala Harris arrived in London the day before to attend the first global summit on the risks of AI, held at Bletchley Park. She has already announced, at the US Embassy in London on Wednesday, the creation of an artificial intelligence security institute in Washington, like the UK. IMAGES
US Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Jakarta for an ASEAN leaders summit. Indonesia is hosting the 18-nation East Asia Summit, which will include the United States, China, Japan, India and Russia. Harris is attending in place of President Joe Biden, and will be taking part in a roundtable with Russian Foreign Minsiter, Sergei Lavrov. IMAGES
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