(KAIR)--Atchison County voters will have to wait longer for the official results of last week's general election, with Monday's county election canvass on hold pending authorization from the Kansas Secretary of State's Office.

In a release Monday, Atchison County officials announced the canvass that had been scheduled for that afternoon, November 9, at 1:00, would not take place as planned.

According to the release, guidance from the Kansas Secretary of State's Office requires authorization to conduct the canvass, which the county has not yet received.

The postponement comes as Atchison County prepares to confirm results that could give the county its first all-female County Commission.

County officials say a new date and time for the canvass will be announced once authorization is received from the Secretary of State's Office.

Updated unofficial election results, which include additional mail-in ballots and votes from all county precincts, show Republicans Katherine Kohler and Randell Vanderweide leading their respective races for the First and Second District County Commission seats.

If those results are certified, the two will join incumbent Third District Commissioner Casey Quinn, marking what county records indicate would be the first all-female commission in Atchison County history.

In the First District race, Kohler leads Democrat Charles Perdue by 228 votes while Vanderweide holds a 613-vote lead over Democrat John Settich in the Second District.
Settich, on election night, conceded his loss to Vanderweide.