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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 secure and accurate elections for our voters,” said Christopher Piper, Virginia’s Commissioner ...

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 politicians, media outlets and social media. “This statewide audit helps to support the idea that...

Virginia Department of Elections beginning post-election ballot machine audit Published Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, 9:52 am Join AFP's 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 localities in the Commonwealth of Virginia will be participating in the audit. The Department of Elections i...

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. All of the 133 localities in the Commonwealth of Virginia will be participating in the audit. ELECT is...