Board of Elections Meeting | Nov. 6, 2026

The Buncombe County Board of Elections meeting was held November 6, 2026, during the post-election canvass period. The board approved the agenda and prior minutes, accepted five photo-ID exception forms, approved four absentee ballots (three cured civilian ballots and one military ballot), and voted to disapprove 33 ballots received after the deadline. Staff reported 917 provisional ballots to review at an upcoming meeting and described the schedule for provisional processing, canvass, and possible recount proceedings in the close Black Mountain Town Council contest.

The board reviewed 24 proposed ballot challenges involving deaths, duplicate voting, ballot-style issues, and other eligibility matters; it voted to disallow 11 absentee ballots among the challenges. Members authorized staff to conduct specified manual ballot edits and tally write-ins outside a board meeting, with reports and a list of edits to be provided to the board. Staff reported about 2,200 write-in votes. The board also favored combining the four absentee votes with later results rather than publishing them separately, to protect voter privacy. A member suggested considering changes to the voter registration form’s contact-information fields, but no policy change was adopted. No procurement activity, contract awards, or spending decisions were identified.