Madison County election commissioners elect officers, approve purges and discuss municipal support ahead of Feb. 4 ECAM conference

MADISON COUNTY, Jan. 14, 2025 — The Madison County Election Commission on Tuesday elected Commissioner Helen Carney chair, Commissioner Anthony Denton secretary and Commissioner Leroy Lacey vice chair, approved routine maintenance purges and a separate purge of voters flagged for disenfranchising crimes, and discussed coordination with municipalities over voting equipment and poll-worker training ahead of municipal qualifying deadlines.

The commission’s action followed regular business including a voter move report, consideration of inactive voters and discussion of municipal requests for voting equipment. Circuit Clerk Anita Ray reported a voter-move report showing 252 voters who moved within Madison County between Jan. 12–13, 2025, and said municipal candidate qualifying is underway and closes the last day of January. Commissioners voted to approve the December 11, 2024, minutes and multiple routine purge lists for the period Dec. 3, 2024, to Jan. 8, 2025.

Why it matters: officer selection determines the panel’s procedural leadership for the year; the purges remove voters determined by state criteria to be ineligible; and municipal coordination affects how newly incorporated or smaller…