Georgia election officials breathe a sigh of relief after uneventful voting

On Wednesday in Atlanta, Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the Georgia secretary of state, rolls a 10-sided die as part of process to determine which batches of ballots to audit for a statewide risk limiting audit of the 2022 general election. (Ben Gray/AP)

In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential race, elections press conferences in the Georgia State Capitol were nationally televised events, as officials defended their work and pushed back on baseless fraud claims.

But last week, only a smattering of reporters and members of the public were present to watch the beginning of a risk-limiting audit of a midterm election contest.