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GOP-Ordered Maricopa County Recount Ends with 261 Fewer Votes for Trump, 99 More Votes for Biden

HeadlineSep 24, 2021

The results from a controversial recount of the presidential vote in Maricopa County, Arizona, has finally ended, and the results are not what Trump supporters were hoping for. The Republican-financed recount found an additional 99 votes for Biden and 261 fewer votes for Trump. But Trump’s effort to overturn the election has not ended. On Thursday, the office of Texas’s secretary of state announced a new audit of election results in the state’s four largest counties. This came just hours after a request by Trump to Republican Governor Greg Abbott.

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