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Virginia board selects 1st Congressional District for audit, sets 10% RLA risk limit
Summary
The State Board of Elections randomly selected Virginia’s 1st Congressional District for a post‑election risk‑limiting audit, directed staff to generate the random seed numbers, and set a 10% risk limit for that audit and the U.S. Senate RLA; both motions passed on roll call.
Chairman Jared O'Bannon and the Virginia State Board of Elections voted to randomly select the First Congressional District for a post‑election risk‑limiting audit and to set a 10% risk limit for that audit and an already‑approved U.S. Senate audit.
The board carried out the selection as prescribed by state law, with staff placing labeled canisters into an opaque container for a random draw. Matthew Abel, the Department of Elections’ election services senior adviser, explained the technical steps the office will take to make the selection reproducible: staff will generate a 20‑digit random seed…
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