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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 1. Administration
Agency 20. State Board of Elections
Chapter 60. Election Administration
11/21/2024

1VAC20-60-80. Request for a risk-limiting audit for a contested race within a jurisdiction.

A. For purposes of this section, "contested race" means a contested race wholly contained within the jurisdiction of the county or city for which an electoral board requesting a risk-limiting audit serves.

B. Pursuant to § 24.2-671.2 D of the Code of Virginia, a local electoral board shall follow the process in this subsection to request a risk-limiting audit of a contested race within its jurisdiction:

1. At the public canvass meeting following the election, an electoral board may elect to request a risk-limiting audit of a contested race or multiple contested races by a majority vote.

2. If a question to request a risk-limiting audit achieves a majority vote, an electoral board must submit a completed SBE 671.2(D) Request for Risk-Limiting Audit Form to request State Board of Elections (SBE) approval of the audit. If requesting audits of multiple contested races, an electoral board must submit a completed SBE 671.2(D) Request for Risk-Limiting Audit Form for each race. If risk-limiting audits are requested for multiple contested races, the electoral board must request the same method of conducting the audit for each race.

3. The SBE will grant a request for a risk-limiting audit of a contested race if:

a. The submitted SBE 671.2(D) Request for Risk-Limiting Audit Form contains sufficient information for the SBE to determine that the local electoral board members cast a majority vote in favor of the audit request;

b. The submitted SBE-671.2(D) Request for Risk-Limiting Audit Form contains sufficient information for the SBE to determine the method of conducting the risk-limiting audit chosen by a majority vote of the electoral board, and, in the event that risk-limiting audits are requested for multiple contested races, the requested method of conducting the risk-limiting audit is the same for each race;

c. The submitted SBE 671.2(D) Request for Risk-Limiting Audit Form contains sufficient information for the SBE to determine which contested races are subject to the requested audit and that those contested races are in fact wholly contained within the jurisdiction of the city or county for which the local electoral board serves;

d. The SBE concludes that the audit is permissible under § 24.2-671.2 of the Code of Virginia and all other relevant provisions of law; and

e. The margin of the candidate with the most votes and the second most votes is equal to or greater than 1.0%.

4. Upon granting an electoral board's request for a risk-limiting audit, the SBE may grant an extension not to exceed two weeks of the local electoral board's certification deadline pursuant to § 24.2-671 of the Code of Virginia if necessary for the conduct of the audit.

Statutory Authority

§ 24.2-103 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 5, eff. October 6, 2022; amended, Virginia Register Volume 39, Issue 17, eff. March 31, 2023.

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