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Charlotte County Electoral Board certifies canvas, counts provisional ballots; finds Drakes Branch ballot error had no effect
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Summary
The Charlotte County Electoral Board completed its canvass Nov. 14, 2025, counted 13 provisional ballots (14 received, one rejected) and concluded that eight Drakes Branch voters who received incorrect ballots could not have changed town results because the mayoral race was uncontested and the council winner led by 29 votes.
The Charlotte County Electoral Board completed the official canvas of the Nov. 4, 2025 general and special elections on Nov. 14, certifying precinct totals and counting provisional ballots, board members said.
The board recorded vote totals from county precincts and recessed multiple times during the canvass. At an evening Nov. 4 meeting the board recessed to the following day, and on Nov. 5 authorized the general registrar and her staff to open and prepare provisional ballots for processing. Secretary Aubrey Fane moved, "I move that we authorize the GR and staff to open and prepare the provisional ballots for processing," a motion the board approved without objection.
The board reviewed a localized ballot error in the Town of Drakes Branch. Officials reported that eight voters had been issued a general-election ballot that did not include town-race contests. The board examined the town results and determined those eight ballots "could have no impact" on the outcome because the mayoral race was uncontested and the town council winner led by 29 votes.
On Nov. 14 the board convened at noon and noted that no mail-in ballots were received after election day and before the statutory deadline. Secretary Fane moved that the board enter a closed session to review provisional ballots "pursuant to Code 2.2-3711.a.1." The board recorded a roll-call vote for the closed session (Chairman Glenn Baker, yes; Assistant Chairman Glenwood Foster, yes; Secretary Aubrey Fane, yes) and met in executive session.
After returning to open session at about 12:10 p.m., the board reported it had received 14 provisional ballots, rejected one and counted 13. By approximately 12:30 p.m. the canvass was completed, ballots were tallied and re-counted by board members, and official state forms were completed, signed and sealed.
The board voted to certify the closed session under Section 2.2-3712 of the Code of Virginia; the certification vote was recorded as Baker yes, Foster yes, Fane yes. Assistant Chairman Glenwood Foster moved to adjourn and the motion carried without objection.
For the full certified results the board referred to the Virginia State Board of Elections, Election Results. The board did not report any changes to the county-level outcomes as a result of the provisional-ballot review or the Drakes Branch determination.