Latest: Virginia election, and House control, up to chance
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The Latest on election recounts for the Virginia House of Delegates (all times local):___3:40 p.m.
Control of the Virginia House could depend on which old film canister an election official pulls out of a glass bowl.
A three-judge panel certified the 94th District in Newport News as tied on Wednesday, a day after a dramatic recount appeared to give Democrat Shelly Simonds a victory over Del. David Yancey by a single vote.
By state law, the winner of the tie will be determined "by lot."
A win by the Democrat would make the house evenly split between parties.
Virginia Board of Elections Chairman James Alcorn said the board will likely pick the winner the same way it picks ballot order.