Don’t wait! Designate your voting delegate for the 2025 NACo election

The NACo 2025 Annual Business Meeting (ABM) and election will be held on Monday, July 14 in-person in the City and County of Philadelphia, Pa. During the meeting, credentialed NACo members will elect NACo officers, set our national policy agenda and conduct other association business. 

Voting credentials verify a member county, parish or borough’s eligibility to vote as well as the number of votes they can cast at the ABM. To be eligible to vote, NACo members must:

• Register for the 2025 Annual Conference
• Pay 2025 NACo membership dues in full, and
• Designate one voting delegate(s) by Sunday July 13, 2025, at 5 p.m. EDT.

To facilitate the voting process, members will authorize one primary voting delegate per county and must provide the cell phone number of the voting delegate. The county’s chief elected official, clerk to the county board and conference registrants can visit NACo.org/VotingCredentials to appoint its primary delegate or proxy voter online. (A proxy voter can be another county attendee from the same state or your state association of counties.) 

Vote totals are determined by the number of dues paid, as set by NACo bylaws. 

Every county receives a minimum of one vote and is allotted an additional vote for each $1,200 paid in dues. For example:

• Counties with dues of $450 to $1,199 receive one vote
• Counties with dues of $1,200 to $2,399 receive two votes
• Counties with dues of $2,400 to $3,599 receive three votes, and so on 

The maximum number of votes a county can receive is 51 

NACo’s Credentials Committee ensures that the process for the ABM is fair and transparent. The committee guides the credentials process, resolves credentials disputes and assists during the election. 

The 2025 Credentials Committee members are:   

• Chair - Hon. Ruth Larson, Supervisor, James City County, Va.
• Reading Clerk - Hon. Christian Leinbach, Commissioner, Berks County, Pa.
• Tally Clerk – Hon. Sarah Benatar, Treasurer, Coconino County, Ariz.
• Member - Hon. Mary Kuney, Commissioner, Spokane County, Wash.
• Member – Hon. Shinica Thomas, Commissioner, Wake County, N.C.

NACo members will receive additional information on credentials and appointing a delegate by email in June. More information can be accessed at NACo.org/VotingCredentials or by emailing credentials@naco.org..