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King and Queen Electoral Board adjourns provisional-ballot review; canvass to finish Nov. 12
Summary
The King and Queen County Electoral Board opened a provisional-ballot review and the first day of the canvass on Nov. 5, 2025, but adjourned both until Nov. 12 so staff can complete post‑election processing and adjudicate same‑day registration provisional ballots.
The King and Queen County Electoral Board met on Nov. 5, 2025, in the King and Queen County Circuit Court Room in King and Queen Court House to review provisional ballots and begin the official canvass of results from the Nov. 4 Virginia gubernatorial election.
"The Electoral Board of King & Queen County, VA, will open the Provisional Ballot Meeting for the Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Virginia Gubernatorial Election," said Stuart Swilley, chair of the Electoral Board. Swilley said provisional ballots had been reviewed and processed according to standards set by the Virginia Department of Elections.
The board noted that only same-day registration (SDR) provisional ballots remained to be adjudicated. Swilley moved to adjourn the provisional-ballot meeting until Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the King and Queen County Circuit Court Room so the Board could consider whether each person who submitted a provisional ballot on election day was qualified to have voted. The motion was seconded by Linda Culbreth, vice chair, and the provisional-ballot meeting adjourned at 10:11 a.m.
At 10:12 a.m. the board began Canvass Day 1. Swilley announced that results received on election night "have been reviewed by the Electoral Board" and that "all precinct results were called in, reported, and recorded correctly." Based on that review, he moved to adjourn the canvass until Wednesday, Nov. 12, to allow completion of post-election processing and adjudication of the remaining SDR provisional ballots. The motion was seconded by Vice Chair Linda Culbreth. With no further business, the canvass adjourned at 10:56 a.m.
Kristy Creech, general registrar, and the board's secretary, Martha Edwards Hart, were listed as present; Cecil Culbreth attended as the King & Queen County Republican Party authorized representative. The Board did not record any formal roll-call votes in the meeting minutes included in the transcript; motions to adjourn were moved and seconded and the meetings were closed as described above.
The Electoral Board will reconvene on Nov. 12, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the King and Queen County Circuit Court Room, 242 Allen's Circle, King and Queen Court House, VA, to conclude the canvass and adjudicate the outstanding same-day registration provisional ballots.
