They serve four-year terms. Newly elected members take office on the first- Monday in December, following the election. A chairman is selected by the board from among its members. There is also an appointed county manager. The board meets on the first Monday of each month in the Madison County Courthouse or at A-B Technical College .
All meetings are open to the public, and the minutes of meetings are open to public inspection.
To be eligible to vote in a county election, a person must have resided in Madison County 30 days prior to the election. Voter registration may be done in person at the Board of Elections, Main Street, Marshall, 643-3731 or at the Town Halls. The three towns in the county are each governed by a mayor and a three-member board of aldermen . Of all the different businesses in Madison County, the service companies make up the group that does most of the hiring and which provides the most jobs. Second largest in terms of employment are the plants and factories, but they only make up about a quarter of the jobs available in the county.