Early Voting
Poll Workers Needed!

Early Voting 2026
February 12-28

Requirements:

  • Poll Workers MUST be able to work the whole period, taking off no more than 3 days.

  • Shifts run approx. 7 hours, with the option of mornings or afternoons.

Voter Affiliation:

  • Registered Unaffiliated or Democratic voters can be nominated.

Elections don’t happen on their own—they’re made possible by neighbors like you. Each election, more than 600 trained, paid poll workers keep Buncombe County’s voting locations running smoothly. These are your friends, coworkers, and community members who make sure every voter can cast their ballot during Early Voting or on Election Day. You can do more than vote—you can help ensure democracy work.

Positions Available:

Chief Judge

  • Chief Judges must have experience working as either an early voting or election day poll worker.

  • Chief Judges make $17/hr.

  • Training is required and paid.

Assistants

  • Assistants do not need any prior experience working elections.

  • Early Voting Assistants make $15/hr.

  • Training is required and paid.

Nomination Process:

  • Chief Judges and Assistants must be nominated by the County Party.

  • If you wish to be nominated, contact your Cluster Leader below.

  • The deadline to submit Chief Judge and Assistant nominations for Early Voting in 2026 to the Buncombe County Democratic Party is noon on November 20, 2025.

BCDP Clusters

To better serve the needs of every region in the county, Buncombe's Democratic precincts are organized into eleven different clusters. Each cluster has an assigned organizer, who you will contact to be nominated.

Use the link below to find your precinct and identify your cluster.

Find My Precinct

  • Downtown

    1.1, 2.1, 8.2, 8.3, 10.1, 11.1
    Susan Presson, Christine Giaquinto

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  • East Asheville

    6.1, 7.1, 9.1, 20.1, 21.1, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1
    Janene Donovan, Joyce Gayles

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  • North Asheville

    3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 17.1, 22.2, 27.2, 28.1, 70.1
    Anne Winter

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  • West Asheville

    12.1, 13.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 16.2, 26.1, 42.1, 43.2
    David Perry

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  • South Buncombe

    18.2, 19.1, 29.2, 30.2, 30.3, 31.1, 54.2, 55.1, 56.2
    Terri Cude

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  • North Buncombe

    40.2, 41.1, 50.1, 51.2, 58.1, 59.1, 67.1, 71.1
    Diane Amos

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  • Leicester

    52.1, 53.1, 63.1, 68.1, 69.1, 681
    Ken Kahn, Leslie Tighe

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  • Swannanoa/ Riceville

    61.1, 62.1, 64.1, 65.1, 66.1
    Bill Baugh, Michael Riley

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  • Black Mountain

    32.1, 33.1, 33.2, 33.3, 34.1, 35.1, 36.1, 37.1
    Beth Sutton-Ramspeck

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  • Hominies

    24.1, 44.1, 45.1, 46.1, 47.1, 48.1, 49.1
    Apryl Johnson

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  • Fairview/ Reynolds

    38.2, 38.3, 39.2, 39.3, 57.1, 60.2, 60.4
    Ellen Costanzo, Robin Smith

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