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October 12, 2020 | Deirdre Byrne

Deadline: Register To Vote in Maryland by Oct. 13

Are you registered to vote in the Nov. 3 Presidential Election? The last day to register to vote in Maryland is Tuesday, Oct. 13. So, in order to cast your ballot in this upcoming election, make sure you check your voter registration by clicking this link. If you need to register, here’s what you can […]

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October 9, 2020 | Reid Flumbaum

Montgomery County Judge Candidates Take Part in Live Discussion Friday

American Africans United, with support from the Lincoln Park Historical Foundation and GapBuster Inc., is hosting a live discussion with all six Judge candidates for the Montgomery County Circuit Court. Scheduled to begin Friday Oct. 9 at 7 p.m., the discussion can be viewed on Facebook, YouTube, Periscope, Twitch, and the Afrique Today website. Viewers […]

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October 9, 2020 | Andrea Sarralde

Se Acerca Fecha Límite para Registrarse para Votar en las Elecciones Generales

La Junta Electoral del condado de Montgomery, invita a los votantes a que se registren para votar, si aún no lo han hecho, pero también a ejercer su voto por correo. Para ello, se debe solicitar una papeleta y luego debe ser deposita en los buzones disponibles en el condado. MyMCMedia conversó con el portavoz […]

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October 6, 2020 | Deirdre Byrne

Ballot Drop Boxes Available in Montgomery County for 2020 General Election

Montgomery County is offering several ways to drop off mail-in ballots for the 2020 election. For those who request a mail-in-ballot, one option for returning the ballot is by placing it in one of the county’s secure ballot drop boxes. Montgomery County Board of Elections says, “Ballot drop off boxes are monitored and secured by […]

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October 6, 2020 | Toluwa Famuyide

WalletHub Ranks Maryland First in Voter Representation

A new study that looks at voter representation in states across the country ranks Maryland as the best-represented state. The finance website WalletHub.com ranks Virginia (#2), Indiana (#3), Pennsylvania (#4), Minnesota (#5), Oregon (#6), Massachusetts (#7), Nevada (#8), Wyoming (#9), and New Jersey (#10) as the top 10 best-represented states. WalletHub compared each state’s voter distribution […]

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October 5, 2020 | Andrea Sarralde

Concejal Albornoz Insta a Votantes Hispanos a Participar en las Elecciones

A menos de un mes de las elecciones generales del 3 de noviembre, y en medio de la pandemia covid-19, el Concejal Gabe Albornoz recuerda a los votantes hispanos sobre la importancia de su participación en las elecciones generales y sobre las opciones disponibles para aquellos que deseen depositar su voto por correo y no […]

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October 5, 2020 | Staff Writer

MoCo’s Most Famous Podcast: Former Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett

Isiah “Ike” Leggett has come out of retirement. But just briefly he says. Leggett, 76, has joined a group including David Blair, Connie Morella and Carmen Ortiz Larsen whose goal is to fight against two questions on the ballot for the upcoming election: Questions B and D. Leggett spoke to MyMCMedia’s Joe Yasharoff in the […]

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October 1, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

County Council, BOE Hash Out Details For Secure, Transparent Elections

Montgomery County Board of Election members spent two hours Oct. 1 detailing how the upcoming elections will be as safe and transparent as possible. However, they warned members of the county council that the process could be a long one, extending well past election night. As of Thursday afternoon, 325,998 county residents had applied to […]

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September 30, 2020 | Brendan Hartlove

School Board Candidate Apologizes for Comments in Blair Student Newspaper

Lynne Harris, a candidate for the at-large seat on the Montgomery County Board of Education, issued a statement Monday apologizing for comments she made to Silver Chips, the student newspaper for Montgomery Blair High School. On Sunday, the student newspaper published statements from Harris—as well as the opposing at-large school board candidate, Sunil Dasgupta—regarding the […]

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September 30, 2020 | Andrea Sarralde

Liga de Mujeres Votantes Opera Línea de Ayuda y Guía para los Votantes en Español

En la edición del 2 de octubre de El Tiempo Latino, los lectores podrán encontrar la Guía para los Votantes en Español. También encontrará la Guía para votantes en el sitio web de la Liga, en www.lwvmocomd.org/vote411-org y en https://www.vote411.org/. VOTE411.org le permite ingresar su dirección para que solo vea a los candidatos que aparecerán […]

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