Friday Is Canvass Day. Here's What That Means.
The county meeting where unofficial becomes official. It's open to the public, and nobody checks your name at the door.
A 'Vote Here' sign outside a polling place in Woodbury, Minnesota, on Election Day 2020.
Photo by Tony Webster / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
A canvass is the meeting where unofficial results become official. Each county board of elections sits down, goes over the numbers and certifies them. For races the State Board oversees, the county boards authenticate the results first.
Friday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m., every county in the 5th District does it. The meetings are open to the public. Watauga's and Ashe's are on our calendar. Go watch.
What happens next
- The numbers can still wiggle. Military and overseas ballots are due Thursday at 5 p.m., and counties fold in the ballots they've approved at canvass.
- Nothing is official until Nov. 24. That's when the State Board certifies, at 11 a.m.
- The recount window opens. Within 1% of the votes cast, a candidate can demand one. For a race that crosses counties, the demand is due to the State Board in writing by noon Tuesday, Nov. 17. The 5th District is inside that line.
Foxx has not said whether she will ask for a recount. Neither campaign has commented on the count. Hubbard posted from new member orientation in Washington on Tuesday. We asked both campaigns for comment and have not heard back.
Friday closes out the county part. The State Board gets the last word on the 24th.
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