The outcome of the election won’t be finalized until April 18, at which point the certification of the results is completed.

The top vote-getters vying for a seat on the DeKalb District 428 school board reflect on how election night went.

The death of a Hinckley-Big Rock School District 429 school board candidate 12 days before the April 4 Election, and write-in candidate vote tallying, slowed the process of uploading election results, DeKalb County officials said.