Election officials in Georgia are expected to reveal today the results of their hand audit of the ballots cast in the general election, following Wednesday\u2019s 11:59 p.m. ET deadline to complete the audit.\u00a0 Officials there have repeatedly said they don\u2019t expect the audit to change President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s narrow victory in Georgia over President Trump.\u00a0 The audit was not the result of any campaign request or suspected irregularities, but rather was automatically triggered by a new state law.\u00a0 The state has until Friday to certify the vote.\u00a0 The Trump campaign has scheduled a press conference for this morning at about the same time Georgia officials are expected to announce the audit results.
As President Trump continues his refusal to concede defeat to Biden, his campaign\u2019s legal team has either lost or withdrawn from 14 separate legal challenges to the election outcome in several states. In Wisconsin, the Trump campaign has decided not to request a statewide recount, for which they would have to pay $7.9 million, but instead has paid for a recount in two mostly Democratic counties. There is no suggestion that it would do anything to change the vote outcome in the state, which Biden won.\u00a0 The Trump campaign also continues to challenge Biden\u2019s ballot victory in Pennsylvania, where they so far have had no luck in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n