King and Queen Electoral Board completes RLA for U.S. Senate, recesses until statewide audits finish

The Electoral Board of King and Queen County met on Nov. 20, 2024, in the King and Queen County Circuit Court Room to conduct the county portion of the Statewide Risk-Limiting Audit (RLA) for the Nov. 5, 2024, general election for the office of U.S. Senate. Chair Stuart Swilley called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m.

Board attendance included EB members Stuart Swilley (chair), Linda Culbreth (vice chair) and Martha Edwards Hart (secretary); General Registrar Diane C. Klausen; chief DR Emma-Wade Davis; DR Kristy Creech; and an observer, William "Bill" Rílee, identified as the King and Queen County Republican Party chair.

After completing the county's RLA procedures for the U.S. Senate race, Swilley moved at 11:01 a.m. to recess the meeting "until the entire State of Virginia concluded audits." The motion was seconded by Linda Culbreth and carried by unanimous vote of the Electoral Board members present.

At 2:36 p.m., once statewide RLA results had been entered and the audit was complete, Swilley moved to close the public meeting held for the RLA; Culbreth seconded and the board members present voted unanimously to close. The meeting minutes were signed and the secretary, Martha Edwards Hart, submitted the record.

The RLA process is a post-election procedure to check the accuracy of reported outcomes; the minutes record completion of the county portion of that audit for the U.S. Senate contest and the board's procedural motions to recess and later close the meeting. No additional motions, contested votes, objections, or testimony from members of the public are recorded in the meeting minutes.