President Joe Biden clinched enough delegates with his win in Georgia’s presidential primary to make him the presumptive Democratic nominee for a potential second term.
Biden reached the 1,968 delegates necessary with an allocation of delegates from Georgia during the March 12 primary election, according to CNN.
Former president Donald Trump handily won the Georgia primary, but he’s still shy of the 1,215 delegates he needs to win the Republican nomination. Prognosticators believe Hawaii’s primary results, expected later tonight, could get Trump there.
During an afternoon press conference, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Georgia would have a light turnout for the presidential primary with only 9 to 10 percent of registered voters casting ballots.
“It’s baked in who the victors are going to be on either side of the aisle, so we are just making sure everything is running smoothly and it has,” Raffensperger said.
The presidential primary in Georgia also marked the first time that all 159 counties are using the Georgia Registered Voter Information System (GARViS), the new security system rolled out last year following the chaos of the 2020 presidential election results.
Raffensperger said the system worked “flawlessly” on Tuesday and every county would also have verifiable paper ballots for the November rematch between presumptive nominees Biden and Trump.
“Today’s primary was a great trial run for the general primary in May and the general election in November,” Raffensperger said.
Both Biden and Trump were in Georgia on Saturday for dueling rallies ahead of today’s primary.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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