2025 SESSION

ENROLLED

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 315

Commending the Virginia Electoral Board Association.

Agreed to by the Senate, January 30, 2025

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 3, 2025

WHEREAS, the Virginia Electoral Board Association is a voluntary association of independent electoral boards across the Commonwealth, representing more than five million registered voters, 133 localities, and 2,453 precincts; and

WHEREAS, the Virginia Electoral Board Association (VEBA) was established on February 10, 1973, in Lynchburg to support the responsibilities of the local electoral board; and

WHEREAS, in each county and city in the Commonwealth, a three-member electoral board is responsible for the proper and orderly conduct of all elections held in the locality, including the appointment of a general registrar or election director, the preparation of ballots, the administration of absentee ballot provisions, the conduct of the election, and the ascertaining of election results; and

WHEREAS, for 50 years since its creation, VEBA has cultivated strong working relationships with these electoral boards, general registrars, and election directors; and

WHEREAS, VEBA has worked diligently and successfully to facilitate free and fair elections with the highest standard of integrity in the Commonwealth; and

WHEREAS, VEBA has promoted broader participation in elections and facilitated better communication between its members, the State Board of Elections, and other officials at the local and state levels; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Virginia Electoral Board Association on the occasion of its 50th anniversary; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to John Nunally, president, and Wanda Taylor, first vice-president of the Virginia Electoral Board Association, as an expression of the General Assembly's respect and admiration for their commitment to fair, free, open, and transparent elections in the Commonwealth.