The Atlanta Journal-Constitution predicts Georgia will not settle down after Jan. 6. Adjust your expectations to what could be the new normal:
Once again, there could be tedious recounts. No matter who wins, the losing party could follow the example of the Trump campaign and his allies, who demanded and received statewide recounts both by hand and by machine. All three counts showed Trump lost by roughly 12,000 votes.
Once again, there could be drawn-out legal battles that seek to challenge the election results, restrict counting of certain ballots and allow others to be tallied.
Once again, there could be an unwavering stream of misinformation infecting the social discourse, requiring elections officials, voting rights groups and the news media to work overtime to play Whac-A-Mole with falsehoods that spread virally on social media.
And once again, officials are preparing for the threat of violence after the election — no idle concern after this chaotic campaign season. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger required a security detail after he and his wife received death threats; some low-level county elections workers targeted by conspiracy theorists had to go into hiding.
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