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Objection to Georgia Election Results Fails Without Loeffler

Rahul Bali via Twitter

Republican congressman Jody Hice, who represents parts of Athens, led a failed charge to question Georgia’s electoral votes in a joint session of Congress early this morning. Hice, along with several of his Republican colleagues in Georgia’s delegation rose to protest the counting of Georgia’s votes in a move that was quashed by Vice-President Mike Pence. Under US law, for an objection to be considered, it must be submitted by at least one member of the House and the Senate. Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler, who originally announced her intention to object to Georgia’s votes, reversed course after pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol.

Martin Matheny is WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.