Sunday, November 15, 2026

Local NAACP hosts biennial election of officers and executive committee

Current president Deborah Maxwell at local NAACP event. (Courtesy photo)

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — This week the New Hanover County NAACP scheduled its biennial election of officers and executive committee members.

Voting will begin Thursday, Nov. 17, as the meeting gets underway at 7 p.m. Members will vote on candidates nominated for two-year terms as president, first, second, and third vice president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistance treasurer and at-large executive committee members.

According to a press release from the local NAACP, secure ballots will be sent to eligible voters, via email or cellphone. To vote, members must be in good standing at least 30 days prior to Oct. 16. Only one vote per email or phone number is allowed. In-person voting will not take place in 2022.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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