WASHINGTON (AP) - Citing a lack of tickets and her desire to get more for her constituents, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton says she's postponing her Inauguration ticket lottery to Monday.

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Eleanor Holmes Norton, the city's representative, says she will hold the lottery on Monday at noon in her office, rather than Friday at 4 p.m. Norton's office received more than 3,500 requests for tickets to the Jan. 21 inauguration. However, she has fewer than 200 tickets to distribute.

Inauguration ticket lottery postponed to Monday at noon -- too few tickets, still begging other members of Congress for more.

— Eleanor H. Norton (@EleanorNorton) January 11, 2013

Norton's office says members of the National Guard will help her select the winners of the lottery in a random drawing. Winners will be notified by phone.

Residents who want to watch the inauguration ceremony from the National Mall don't need a ticket, but those who want to be closer, on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, do need a ticket.