In the meantime, state election officials postponed their plan to break the tie Wednesday in Richmond by drawing names from a bowl. Under Virginia law, such a tie should be determined "by lot ...

Virginia’s on-again, off-again drawing to break a tie in a state House race is back on, with the winner’s name to be ceremoniously plucked from a bowl on Thursday in Richmond.

The random drawing to decide a tied race for a seat in Virginia’s House of Delegates — and party control of the chamber — will take place on Thursday, after officials postponed the drawing ...

James Alcorn, chairman of Virginia’s State Board of Elections, said that any “substantive concerns regarding the election of recount” should be resolved before the drawing takes place.