06-21-2023, Electoral Board minutes
MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTORAL BOARD
Minutes
June 21-27, 2023
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 am on June 21, 2023 at the Montgomery County Office of
Elections at 1546 N. Franklin St, Christiansburg, Virginia. All Board members were present. Radford
City Registrar Lindsey Williams was also in attendance. No members of the public were present.
The Board began the canvass by confirming the certifications of 1A Envelopes containing provisional
ballots. The Board next opened the 2B Envelopes to verify the documents needed for the canvass were
present and in good order. The Board then began its examination of the election results. Statements of
Results were reviewed. Printout tapes, ancillary forms, and statement entries were compared for accuracy.
Signatures of Officers of Election were confirmed.
At 10:54 am, Radford Registrar Williams departed the meeting. At 11:30 the canvass was recessed in
order to deliver the 2A Envelopes to the Clerk of Court by the noon deadline.
The meeting was reconvened at 1:24 pm. Secretary Williams moved to approve the minutes of the May 1,
2023 meeting. Vice-Chairman Stiles second the motion, and it was passed unanimously. The Board
returned to the canvass.
At 2:16 pm, Chairman Langford recessed the canvass and called the provisional ballot meeting to order in
open session. Registrar Viar joined the meeting and reported that no provisional ballots were ready to
consider. Mr. Langford recessed the provisional ballot meeting until Monday. Ms. Viar departed the
meeting and the Board returned to canvassing the results.
At 3:30 pm, the board completed its review of all available precinct materials. Mr. Langford recessed the
canvass until Monday.
On Monday, June 26th Chairman Langford reconvened the canvass meeting at 1:00 pm. All Board
members were present. No persons were present for public address. The Board reviewed Central
Absentee Precinct paperwork and machine tapes for absentee ballots dropped at the polling places on
Election Day and for mailed ballots received at the Registrar’s office by the deadline for acceptance.
At 1:15 pm, Registrar Viar joined the meeting and Chairman Langford reconvened the provisional ballot
meeting in open session. Ms. Viar presented her research on four voters who cast provisional ballots
during the election. All paperwork was in order for two Same Day Registration ballots, and they were
accepted by the Board. One Same Day Registration ballot was rejected because no completed registration
application could be found. One ballot completed on Election Day by an absentee voter without their
mailed ballot to surrender was accepted. A provisional precinct pollbook was created. The accepted
ballots were shuffled and counted by hand, and two Statements of Results were completed for the
Provisional Precinct.
The canvass and provisional ballot meetings were adjourned at 1:54 pm.
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Richard D. Langford Kenneth L. Stiles Carroll D. Williams
Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary