Democratic candidates in the Leflore County superintendent of education race and the District 5 Board of Supervisors race will have to wait until Monday for a final official count, according to the chairman of the Leflore County Democratic Executive Committee.
"It looks like it will be Monday. Everything is set except the manual count," said Jesse Ross Saturday.
Ross said a glitch late Friday afternoon prevented the final manual tallies from being entered into the statewide election management system.
In the education superintendent race, Jean Hall is still awaiting official certification in her race against challenger Dr. Viola Williams.
"We're still waiting. I don't know how long it will take.
I don't know what to say or think," Hall said.
Williams declined to comment on the election impasse Saturday.
She has previously stated she is considering challenging the final election tallies in court.
Hall did say she gained additional votes when the executive committee examined affidavit and absentee ballots on Friday.
On Thursday, Hall held a slight lead over Williams - 1,301 votes to 1,150. Hall said she had 50.41 percent of the vote.
A third candidate, Bessie Smith, will not be in the runoff.
The question still remains if Hall has maintained more than a 50 percent lead, which would decide if a runoff election will be held on Aug. 28.
In the District 5 race against incumbent Larry "Kite" Johnson and Robert Collins, both candidates are preparing for the runoff.
Johnson said he filed a request Friday with the party's Executive Committee asking them to look into voting irregularities that he said included relatives of Collins working as poll workers in the Aug. 7 primary.
Johnson received 441 votes to Collins' 624.
A third candidate, Bobbie Peoples, will not participate in the runoff.
"It's not a matter of being a sore loser. It's like a coach that's preparing to play an opposing team. While you can prepare to shut down a particular player, you can't be prepared to shut down the referees," he said.
Collins could not be reached for comment Saturday.
Johnson said he intends to provide documentation regarding his claims about poll workers when he meets with the Executive Committee hopefully sometime later this week.
