Board member asks Buncombe County elections staff to place state memo on future agenda about registration-drive forms

Board member Sally asked the Buncombe County Board of Elections to put an item on a future agenda to discuss a notice she said the county received from the State Board of Elections indicating the state will no longer provide the N17 voter-registration drive form.

Sally said she had questions she did not want to forget: whether Buncombe County would choose to print registration-drive forms locally for use in drives, and what county-level complaint, if any, had prompted the state's action. "What will Buncombe County's role be in printing them here?" she asked.

A staff member told the board the county had received an email from the state board indicating it would no longer provide registration-drive forms and that the state would be working on rules; the staffer said the NCAC is where those rules are issued. The board agreed to place the item on a future agenda so the questions could be addressed in more detail.

The board did not take a policy vote on the matter at the meeting; staff committed to follow up with the board when more information from the state and the NCAC rules is available.