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Charlotte County Electoral Board certifies canvas, schedules and counts seven provisional ballots
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Summary
The Charlotte County Electoral Board recessed on June 18 to verify paperwork, entered a closed session June 19 under Va. Code §2.2-3711 to review provisional ballots, and reconvened June 24 to count seven provisional ballots (5 Republican, 2 Democratic), completing the official canvass.
The Charlotte County Electoral Board met beginning June 18 to canvass the June 18, 2024 primary and confirm the signatures and completeness of paperwork stored in envelope 2A for the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Glen Baker, chairman of the Charlotte County Electoral Board, called the meeting to order at 7:49 p.m. with Vice Chair Glenwood Foster, Secretary Aubrey Fane and General Registrar Jenni Booth present. Booth reported ballots-cast totals by location, including CAP in-person 264 and CAP mail-in 83; other precinct totals reported were Cullen 119, CCH 163, Drakes Branch 134, Phenix 192, Bacon/Saxe 103, Keysville 139 and Wylliesburg/Red Oak 149. After examining returned paperwork for signatures and completeness, the board recessed until 9 a.m. on June 19.
At the June 19 reconvening, with one observer present (Mary Bennett, representing the Bob Good campaign), Secretary Aubrey Fane moved that the board enter a closed session under Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(a)(1) “for the purpose of reviewing and processing the Provisional Ballots cast in the June 18, 2024 Primary Election.” The board conducted a roll-call vote as required by state law; the motion carried unanimously (Glen Baker, Glenwood Foster and Aubrey Fane all voted yea).
Later the same morning the board voted to certify that the closed meeting complied with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act pursuant to Va. Code § 2.2-3712; that certification vote was unanimous. The board recorded that seven provisional ballots would be processed for counting on Monday, June 24 at 8:30 a.m., and observers were notified of the schedule.
On June 24 the canvas reconvened at 8:33 a.m. with observers Mary Bennett (Bob Good campaign) and Karen Angulo (John McGuire III campaign) in attendance. General Registrar Jenni Booth reported that no mail-in ballots arrived after election day. The board processed and counted the seven provisional ballots as scheduled: five ballots were cast in the Republican primary and two in the Democratic primary.
By 9:52 a.m. the board had completed the canvass: members re-tallied votes, completed and signed all official state forms, sealed the records and adjourned on a motion by Vice Chair Glenwood Foster carried without objection.
The board transported envelope 2A to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for secure storage during the provisional-ballot review period; chain-of-custody and observer notices were recorded in the minutes. For the official certified results of the June 18 primary, the board referred to the Virginia Department of Elections’ published results.