The City of Staunton Electoral Board will be conducting a Risk Limiting Audit (RLA) for the November 2020 presidential election. 

 Pursuant to Va. Code §24.2-671.1, the Department of Elections is required to coordinate an annual post- election risk-limiting audit (RLA) of ballot scanner machines used in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This is our opportunity for election administrators to demonstrate the election integrity and security measures we have in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

RLAs are a form of post-election audit that provides a statistical level of confidence that an outcome of an election is accurate.  RLAs are conducted by selecting a specific number of ballots and tallying the results for a specific contest.  The results are compared to the reported outcome of the contest to confirm that the reported outcome was accurate.