Goochland County Electoral Board to meet May 18 at administration building

Goochland County’s Electoral Board will meet with an agenda already posted online, giving residents a chance to follow the small but important decisions that shape how local elections are run. The board is scheduled to gather Monday, May 18, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in Room 250 of the Goochland County Administration Building, 1800 Sandy Hook Rd., Goochland, VA 23063.

County materials say Electoral Board meetings are generally held at the Office of the General Registrar, 1876 Sandy Hook Rd., Goochland, VA 23063, unless another location is listed. That makes the May 18 meeting notable not for its setting alone, but for the fact that the county has directed attention to the Administration Building and posted an agenda ahead of time.

Those meetings have become more visible in the wake of staffing changes in Goochland’s election office. The county appointed Ryan Mulligan as General Registrar and Director of Elections to fill the unexpired term of former registrar Winston Forrest. Minutes from a January 12, 2026 Electoral Board meeting listed Bob Walker as chair, Wanda Taylor as secretary, Valerie Morris as a newly appointed board member, and Mulligan in attendance.

The timing also comes after the county’s April 21, 2026 special election, when all precincts were scheduled to be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. That kind of operation is the practical side of the board’s work: arranging election logistics, overseeing appointments, and keeping the county’s election calendar on track.

State election materials from the Virginia Department of Elections outline local electoral board duties and the forms tied to board appointments and participation in meetings. Goochland County’s public meeting portal also posts agendas, minutes, and video, giving residents a way to trace decisions across meetings and see how election administration develops over time.

For Goochland voters, the May 18 meeting is less about ceremony than administration. The board’s agenda, the registrar’s office, and the county’s archive together show the machinery behind election day, from personnel to procedures, still moving as the next election cycle takes shape.