Special Event Coming in Catawba County, June 4!
There are already various topics swirling around on media about voting in the 2026 Mid-term Elections. What new laws or policies are in effect this year? Will the same valid Voter IDs work this fall? Do new voters need to prove their citizenship before registering? Will it be safe to go to vote at the polls? Can absentee ballot still be mailed in? And more.
The League in cooperation with the Catawba County Board of Elections will offer a panel of election officials prepared to answer the questions.
The event will be on June 4 from 6-7:30 PM at the Catawba County Library in Newton. The event is free. Attendees will have the opportunity to have their questions answered that evening. Questions will also be accepted on this page from May 11-22.
The event will be lived-streamed that evening and also available for viewing afterwards, both on this webiste and on the League’s Facebook page.
Members of Local Boards of Elections Begin Their Service
In all 100 counties of North Carolina on Tuesday, July 22, the local Boards of Elections members were sworn into their roles. Below are photos of area Boards at that moment.
Alexander
Pictured (l-r) are Martha Schronce—Chair, Denise Souther Martin—Secretary, Sandra Lee Stegall and Cheryl Millsaps. They were sworn in by Alexander Clerk of Court, Edwin P. Chapman.
Glenn Deal took the oath on August 19th and became the fifth member of the Board.
Burke
Members of the Board were sworn in individually by Burke County Clerk of Court, Chrystal Carpenter. Shown below (l-r), they include Anthony Iovino—Chair, Beverly Carlton, Rhonda Dautrich, Donna Wojcik—Secretary, and Linda Walker.
Caldwell
These members were sworn in (l-r) Joseph Delk IV, Morris Reaves, William Stone—Chair, Cathy Scruggs Angle and Derek Kevin Poarch—Secretary. Wayne Rash the Register of Deeds led the swearing in ceremony.
Leaders of both political parties and community leaders were in the audience for the event.
Catawba
These members of the Board of Elections (l-r) are Kelsey Williams, Barry Cheney—Secretary, David Hood—Chair, Thomas Luckadoo, and Felicia Culbreath-Setzer (not pictured but she was able to take the oath remotely).
The ceremony was conducted by The Honorable Rober A. Mullinax, Jr., the NC Chief District Court Judge.
Lincoln
The members took their oath around their desk. They are Brian Wesley Crisson in the red shirt, and counter clockwise to his right Charles Edgar Newman—Secretary, Don Wise, Dean Black and Todd Burgin, Chair (with our apologies for being partially hidden).
Bradley R. Putnam, Director and in the light blue shirt, oversaw the swearing in ceremony.