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Buncombe elections board consolidates expansion requests, approves $50,000 cut while preserving flexibility for early-voting sites
Summary
The Buncombe County Board of Elections agreed to consolidate two early-voting expansion line items and approved a $50,000 reduction to its budget by voice vote, directing staff to retain required maintenance contracts and keep flexibility to lease larger voting sites or add a site if needed.
The Buncombe County Board of Elections voted by voice to reduce its operating budget by $50,000 while preserving flexibility to use the money for either leasing larger early‑voting sites or funding an additional site.
The board’s executive director, Crane Duncan, and staff presented a package of four recommended budget expansions — including a $14,000 seasonal-staff pay increase, an election‑day poll-worker pay equity adjustment, funds to lease larger early‑voting sites, and a request to expand from 12 to 14 early‑voting sites. Duncan told the board the county requested a roughly 3%…
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