North Carolina voters won't know until at least Monday — nearly a month after Election Day — who won the race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. And it could take even longer than that, due to the potential for further legal challenges.

Riggs, who leads Griffin in the Supreme Court race, said her own parents had their votes challenged by Republican election protests.

North Carolina county election boards began their recounts Wednesday in a much-watched Supreme Court contest in which just over 600 votes separate the Democratic and Republican candidates.

The narrowly trailing Republican candidate in the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has formally requested a statewide recount.

Recount to begin for a close North Carolina Supreme Court race between Jefferson G. Griffin and Allison Riggs.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections certified the results of the presidential and most statewide and legislative races on Tuesday, while a state court seat and a handful of other races remain in limbo amid ongoing recounts.

The North Carolina Elections Board has certified the results from the November election. More than 5.7 million voters were counted, which is a 73% turnout. However, 10 races are going to a recount. ALSO READ: Trump fills out his economic team with two veterans of his first administration Those races include the race between Woodson Bradley and Stacie McGinn for the Mecklenburg County Senate seat and the Mecklenburg County House race between Tricia Cotham and Nicole Sidman.

The Justice Department is getting involved in a lawsuit brought by the Republican Party against the North Carolina Board of Elections. According to Democracy Docket, the RNC is disputing the board's guidance about absentee ballots that are not in a sealed return envelope.