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Today at 11:30am A paperwork snafu may prevent a local House of Delegates candidate, Matt Rogers, from going up against fellow Democrat Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington). Rogers, who recently wrapped up 3.5 years serving as Chief of Staff for Sen. Dave Marsden (D-37) and is running to unseat Hope, reportedly failed to meet a filing deadline for two documents, according to the State Board of Elections. As a result, he may not be on the June 8 Democratic primary ballot. The challenger tells ARLnow ...

The Virginia Department of Elections’ (ELECT) Commissioner Christopher Piper announced March 2 that Virginia’s elections administrators have successfully completed the state’s risk-limiting audit (RLA) for the November 2020 Election.

The Virginia Department of Elections has completed the state’s risk-limiting audit.

Jahd Khalil reports The department collaborated with VotingWorks, a non-profit organization that helps conduct Risk-Limiting Audits, a method of assessing election systems. “Our risk measurement for the presidential election was .0000065117%,” said Ginny Vander Roest of VotingWorks in a meeting with election supervisors. “The risk measurement is the possibility that we might have missed something.” “The success of Virginia’s first statewide audit reaffirms our dedication to ensuring...

The ballots cast in Loudoun County’s Nov. 3, 2020, elections will get another look this week. The state conducts an annual statewide risk-limiting audit of ballot machines under a law passed in 2017 and an auditing program piloted in Fairfax County in 2018. Loudoun began participating in 2019. The audit involves examining a random sampling of ballots to check for evidence of a wrong outcome. It also serves to bolster voter confidence in election results, which has been under assault from some...

Virginia Department of Elections beginning post-election ballot machine audit Published Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, 9:52 am Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© 3desc – stock.adobe.com) The Virginia Department of Elections will coordinate a required statewide post-election audit of ballot scanner machines used in the Commonwealth. All 133 localitie...

The Virginia Department of Elections (ELECT) will coordinate a statewide post-election Risk Limiting Audit (RLA) of the November 2020 General Election for President and U.S. Senate. The audit was announced by Christopher Piper, commissioner of the Department of Elections, at the Jan. 12, 2021 State Board of Elections meeting.  Pursuant to Va. Code §24.2-671.1, ELECT is required to coordinate an annual post-election RLA of ballot scanner machines used in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Al...