A VIRGINIA RECOUNT WOULD NOT COME SOON

Virginia’s election laws allow an apparent loser to request a recount if a contest’s margin is less than 1 percent — and the margin in the preliminary results of the state’s Senate campaign stood this morning at about one-third of 1 percent.

But while a recount seems likely, if it comes, it will not come quickly.

According to a statement issued this month by the state’s Board of Elections, any request for a recount cannot be filed until the vote is certified, which is scheduled to happen this year on Nov. 27.

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