The Chatham County Board of Elections has a new supervisor.
She is Brook Schreiner, who comes to Chatham from Butts County, where she served as director of elections and registration for five years. Prior to that, she held the same position in Henry County for 10 years.
Chosen by the county’s five-member election board from a field of eight applicants, Schreiner succeeds Billy Wooten, who has staffed Chatham County elections since 1998 and has held the top job since 2020. He had been expected to step away from the job before next year’s midterm elections…