- Election day may be over, but the counting has just begun.

Multimedia Journalist Jaelynn Grisso brings us insight into how elections are certified in Washington state.

- We've worked really closely as a state to ensure that there's consistency and standards for how different election processes must be done in the state of Washington.

- Washington's Director of Elections, Stuart Holmes, says the process of certifying an election largely starts with the counties Local election offices use tabulation machines to count ballots, then state and local officials work together on what's called election reconciliation.

- What that really means is we're accounting for every ballot that's been issued and every ballot that's been received.

- They have 21 days for reconciliation before submitting the findings to the county's canvassing board which then reviews the results.

Once accepted, counties submit the results to the Secretary of State's office.

The agency then has nine days to certify multi-county races and statewide ballot measures.

The office also works to detect fraud in voting, and one way they do that is by cross-referencing the names of voters with lists from other states to catch anyone who may have voted in multiple states.

Tabulation machines must also be approved for use, which includes testing before and after an election.

The machines also cannot transmit wirelessly in any way.

- When we're talking about voting machines, there's a lot of concern.

We check them every possible way to confirm that they haven't been tampered with, but when that contest gets down to it, when it's a close contest, we will manually count those votes if needed.

- Next time, we'll share how to track your ballot as the votes are counted.

I'm Paris Jackson.

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