Board of Elections chair summarizes preparations and procedures for municipal elections

Marian Cabin, chair of New Castle's Board of Elections, presented a summary of the board's 2025 activities to the council on June 12, detailing the work required to stage municipal elections.

Cabin listed meeting dates, described coordination with the county board of elections (training, delivery of voting booths and materials), explained the absentee-ballot count procedures and emphasized mandatory training for poll workers and board members. She reiterated that the board's responsibilities include recruiting and training poll workers, ordering voting lists, posting required public notices, supplying polling hospitality, and delivering voting documentation to the canvass two days after polls close for official acceptance by city council.

Cabin said that most election administration issues are governed by state and county directives and invited council members to contact the board with ideas and questions; she offered to provide a more detailed follow-up by email on possible procedural improvements.