Fact vs. Fiction: The Claim of 46 States Recounting Votes from the 2020 Election

Claim:

A post on Telegram claimed that 46 of 50 states have recounted their votes from the 2020 election and confirmed that Joe Biden lost the vote in their state.

Reasoning:

The claim does not provide any sources or name any of the 46 states purportedly recounting their vote. In reality, there were only four states that conducted recounts of their presidential election results in 2020 – Arizona, Georgia, Texas, and Wisconsin. None of these recounts overturned the results that Biden won the presidential election against Donald Trump in 2020.

Here is a breakdown of the recounts in these four states:

Arizona: The GOP-led recount confirmed Biden won Arizona. The audit turned up 99 more votes for Biden and 261 fewer votes for Trump, compared to the official count by county election officials.
Georgia: The votes in the 2020 general election in Fulton County, Georgia, were counted three times: on election night, in an audit, and in a recount. All three counts confirmed that Biden won in Georgia.
Wisconsin: Dane County and Milwaukee County both recounted their presidential ballots. Each recount confirmed that Biden won.
Texas: The Texas Secretary of State Executive Summary Audit of the 2020 General Election in Texas did not overturn the election. Trump won the state but had asked for an audit of Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, and Collins counties, the most populous in the state.

Biden received the most Electoral College votes, with 306 to Trump’s 232, which was certified by Congress. According to the U.S. Constitution’s 20th Amendment, a president’s four-year term ends at noon EST on January 20; the term of the next president then begins at 12:01 p.m. EST on January 20. Joe Biden became president on January 20, 2021.