Georgia is on pace to concluding the count tonight.

Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer of the Georgia secretary of state’s office, told reporters at a Thursday morning press conference that he thinks his state will finish counting ballots by the end of the day.

“We anticipate getting through this process today,” he said at the state capitol in Atlanta. 

The state has about 61,000 uncounted ballots. Sterling attributed the ballot counting delays to some county staffers accidentally forgetting to press an upload button to the system. 

“Fast is great. We appreciate fast. We more appreciate accuracy,” he said, adding that election officials "are not involved in voter fraud; these people are not involved in voter suppression."

Georgia will decide which party controls the US senate if Purdue's number dropping below 50% tonight. We are going to have a run-off in January, if Purdue fails to clinch 50% or higher tonight. And Georgia already has the Warnock vs Loeffler runoff in January.