Monday vote count will set process in motion to decide control of the Virginia House of Delegates
The electoral tidal wave that helped Democrats flip at least 15 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates will begin to crest on Monday, as local registrars and electoral boards count provisional ballots to determine final vote counts in at least three districts that will determine which party controls the chamber in January.
The count of provisional ballots could affect the outcome in the 94th District, in which Del. David Yancey, R-Newport News, is holding onto a 13-vote lead over Democrat Shelly Simonds. Libertarian Michael Bartley got 675 votes.
The 94th is one of three House races crucial to the GOP maintaining a 51-49 edge, all that’s left of what was a 32-seat majority before voting ended on Tuesday.
Democrats made a filing in court Thursday in Newport News to seek from the city’s electoral board a list of rejected absentee ballots and the reasons they were rejected. A hearing before a judge Thursday will be continued Monday, according to the party.
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