State Board of Elections adjourns, will reconvene after Fairfax reports special-election results

The State Board of Elections met virtually and adjourned to await Fairfax County’s special-election results, planning to reconvene the next day for an official report from John Cronin.

The presiding officer opened the session by calling the meeting to order and asking the secretary to call the roll. The presiding officer said, "I'm gonna go ahead and call this meeting of your State Board of Elections to order," and later noted that "Virginia is in a governor's declared emergency, so this permits us to do this meeting virtually." The presiding officer added that "Code requires us to meet daily until we're able to certify the special election, which was carried over from our agenda yesterday." These remarks framed why the board met virtually and why it must meet daily until certification.

An unnamed board member said, "No report, for me. I would just say we can, have John Cronin report to you again, officially, so you can take action." The presiding officer said the board had not yet received results from Fairfax County and that they expected to have that information the next day.

A motion to adjourn and reconvene on the issue the following day was made and seconded. The mover said, "Mister chairman, I move for adjournment for that we adjourn and reconvene on this issue tomorrow, the next day." The presiding officer set the reconvening for 01:00 the next day and said the board would hear John Cronin's report and then take action. The meeting was adjourned; the presiding officer characterized the vote as unanimous.

No substantive debate or additional agenda items were recorded during the brief session. The board did not receive or certify any election results during this meeting and left further action pending the report from John Cronin at the reconvened session.

The board is scheduled to reconvene at the time announced by the presiding officer to receive the Fairfax County report and consider certification.