Office of Voter Registrar and Elections ’ New Location
By: Orange County Communications Department
The Orange County Office of Voter Registration and Elections moved to a new home at 130 North Madison Road, Orange, VA 22960, on Thursday, December 14, 2023. The office closed on December 14 and 15 to facilitate the move. In addition to Voter Registration office space, the location will also serve as the new early voting location for upcoming elections. The new building is the former Modena State Farm office, just downhill on Madison Road from the Orange County Courthouse. This location will not be entirely new to those who have frequented the Voter Registration and Elections Office ’ s previous location in the Sedwick Building. In fact, the parking lot will remain the same. The new location will have the benefit of being more accessible, since it will be single - story and entirely devoted to Voter Registration and Elections. The prior location was located on the second floor of a shared building, requiring the use of stairs or the elevator.
For more information, please call (540) 675 - 5262.
Voter Registrar Completes Voluntary Post - Election Audit
By: Donna Harpold, Voter Registrar and Director of Elections, Orange County Office of Voter Registration & Elections
Orange County has successfully completed a voluntary post - election risk - mitigating audit, which confirmed that the County ’ s electronic voting system accurately reported the correct outcome of the November 7, 2023, General Election. Following the recent election, the Virginia State Board of Elections approved a request from the Orange County Electoral Board to conduct a “ risk - limiting audit. ” Orange County was the third Virginia locality to conduct this type of audit, the other two being much more populated Arlington and Loudoun counties. The Orange County Sheriff ’ s race was selected for the audit. This race was evaluated using what is called the “ batch comparison ” method. A batch is typically all ballots from one precinct. During this type of audit, a bipartisan team uses hand - counting rules to review a batch of ballots, with the results then being compared to the actual election results reported. The ballots that were reviewed included those cast in person during the early voting period and in person at many polling locations on Election Day.
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