Dare County Board of Elections appoints early-voting chiefs and poll workers, outlines training and equipment schedule

The Dare County Board of Elections on an early-September meeting approved a slate of early-voting officials for the Kill Devil Hills site, appointed a two-year replacement judge in Kitty Hawk and confirmed additional election-day assistants, and heard updates on new voting equipment, staff training and absentee and early-voting timelines.

The appointments followed guidance the board cited from Session Law 2023-140 (listed in the meeting as "SB 747") requiring counties to appoint chiefs and judges for early voting. Board members also asked staff to consult county legal counsel about the rules governing when the board may go into closed session.

Board Chair (name not specified), opening the agenda item on early-voting appointments, said the board would follow the state guidance and a "slate" method that designates specific individuals for some roles while naming a pool who may serve as judges or assistants on different days. The chair read the Kill Devil Hills slate into the record and asked for a motion to approve.

The board approved the Kill Devil Hills early-voting slate as read. The slate named Suzanne Nederlander as chief judge. The judges listed for the Kill Devil Hills early-voting site were Anne Loughner, Francis Griffin, Georgia Ellis, Glenn Tolbert, Wayne Berry and William Leach. Assistants named included Catherine Heath, Charles Lewis, Cynthia O'Neil, Frederick Jordan, Gail Sabato, Mike Ross, Wayne Berry (listed on the slate in both judge and assistant roles on different days), Lou Anne Tyre and Mary Hopp.

Separately, the board addressed a…