North Arkansas Electric Cooperative will conduct the election for one board of director position in Izard County and one in Sharp County in 2026.
Members will receive an envelope with the NAEC logo from Survey & Ballot Systems around the third week of May. The Minnesota company is handling the election and tabulation of votes on behalf of NAEC.
Along with the ballot, the envelope will include the 2025 Annual Report, candidate biographies and a prepaid postage return envelope to mail the ballot to Survey & Ballot Systems. Ballots cannot be given to NAEC. They must be mailed to Survey & Ballot Systems and received by June 21 to be considered valid.
Members on the nominating committee (TC Carter, Baxter County; Joe Dillard, system-at-large; James Elbert, Izard County; Randy Jones, Sharp County; Jeremy Stone, Fulton County; Carl Pitts, alternate; and Richard Hanson, alternate) met April 8. After consideration, they nominated Dennis Wiles of Izard County and Larry Goodwin of Sharp County. No petitions were received by the deadline.
Election results will be published in The Messenger included in members’ statements and this webpage.
The 2026 Annual Meeting will entail only a business session at 10 a.m. June 23 at the co-op’s Salem headquarters. Members can watch the meeting live on this webpage; a recording of the Annual Meeting also will be posted to this webpage afterward.
A recording of the 2025 meeting is posted below.