County Electoral Board: What Happens Next? When Are Results Certified?

Some of the races in Tuesday's election in Fairfax County were closer than they have been in a long time.

In addition, the Washington Post reported Wednesday that the race for Attorney General separates Republican Mark Obenshain from Democrat Mark Herring with less than 500 votes in favor of Obenshain. The Post reports that a recount is likely and could possibly take until December.

In Herndon, the race for the 86th District representative to the House of Delegates currently stands with just 56 votes in favor of Republican incumbent Tom Rust, versus Democratic candidate Jennifer Boysko.

According to Fairfax County's Office of Public Affairs on Wednesday, though all 17 of the 17 precincts in the 86th District reported their counts just before midnight on Tuesday night, the Electoral Board will now begin what's called "canvassing" of the votes cast.

According to Secretary of the Board of Elections, Brian Schoeneman, that involves rechecking the counts from all electronically scanned ballots, as well as examining provisional ballots.

Schoeneman said the County expects all of that to be done by Saturday, possibly earlier.

Watch the video above as Brian Schoeneman explains the process the County is currently going through to certify all local races.

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