June 9, 2026
North Arkansas Electric Cooperative is conducting the election for one board of director position in Izard County and one in Sharp County in 2026.
Members received an envelope with the NAEC logo from Survey & Ballot Systems 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 included 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. Any change to the location will be posted on this webpage. Members can watch the meeting live on this webpage; a recording of the Annual Meeting also will be posted to this webpage afterward.
Members have submitted four proposals that will be addressed at Annual Meeting. Click here to download a PDF of the proposals submitted by members and statements by members opposed to them.
