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Board hears budget update; county moves $36,000 of elections requests into contingency

Buncombe County Board of Elections · February 25, 2026
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Budget staff told the Buncombe County Board of Elections the county asked that $36,000 of the elections office request (training space $21,000; $15,000 for outside legal counsel) be placed in county contingency; staff prioritized provisional-research team, seasonal staff and poll-worker pay.

Victoria, presenting the Board of Elections' budget update, walked members through the budget timeline and said feedback from the county assistant county manager resulted in moving two items into county contingency and reducing the elections' formal request by $36,000. "The first is our training space. We've requested 21,000," she said, and the second was a $15,000 portion of the board's…

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