North Carolina - Alexander County Board of Elections
Program Title
Inside Election Administration Article Series
Program Summary
Election administrators are regularly approached with questions such as, "What do you do all year long?" or "What do you do after an election?" The Alexander County Board of Elections partnered with a local newspaper, The Taylorsville Times, to feature a monthly guest column series called Inside Elections Administration. The series showcases the robust framework of election administration and the professionalism that ensures elections are conducted lawfully and fairly. This is a no- or low-cost program that broadens outreach by engaging the community and keeping them informed on elections throughout the year. Election administrators work hard to ensure elections are conducted fairly and accurately, and this series helps to explain the Boards story and what they do to make the countys elections work. In a 2023 pilot, five articles were published each month from January to May. The topics for the articles were: How Elections are Administered in NC, National Change of Address Mailings (NCOA), No Contact Mailings & Inactive Voters, Partisan Versus Non-Partisan Contests, and Are There any Elections Scheduled in 2023?