State and County Officials Held a News Conference to Address Decision on Early Voting Sites (VIDEO)

Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro, chair of the council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee, led a news conference on Thursday in Rockville to address the decision announced earlier this week by the Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) to relocate two established early voting sites in Montgomery County.

More than 150 people attended this news conference that officials said sought fairness for voters.

Maryland officials made the case to restore two early voting center locations in the county after BOE decided to eliminate popular sites in Chevy Chase and Burtonsville and replace them with early voting centers in the more sparsely populated areas of Brookeville and Potomac.

The news conference followed a worksession meeting that included Board of Elections President Jim Shalleck and the decision on early voting sites.

State and County Officials Held a News Conference to Address Decision on Early Voting Sites (VIDEO)

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Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro, chair of the council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee, led a news conference on Thursday in Rockville to address the decision announced earlier this week by the Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) to relocate two established early voting sites in Montgomery County. More than 150 people attended […]

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Van Hollen Calls on State Board to Reject Proposal to Change Early Voting Sites in MoCo

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Congressman Chris Van Hollen sent a letter to the Maryland Board of Elections this week urging the rejection of a proposal to change early voting sites in Montgomery County. The Board is considering a proposal to eliminate early voting at the Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center in Bethesda and the Marilyn J. Praisner Community […]

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BOE President Says Vote on Early Voting Centers was not Politics

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, James Shalleck, the president of the Board of Elections (BOE), says a recent BOE vote on nine early voting sites in Montgomery County was not politics. Take a look: Find out more about early voting in Montgomery County, here.

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Board of Elections Votes on Locations of Early Voting Centers (VIDEO)

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UPDATED The Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) has made a decision, by a 3-2 vote, about the locations of nine sites for early voting in Montgomery County. The BOE voted to retain seven of the previous utilized early voting sites but dropped early voting centers in Bethesda and Burtonsville and added sites in Potomac and […]

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Tom Hucker: "I'm Outraged" by BOE Decision

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Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker, who represents Council District 5 that includes Burtonsville and the eastern portion of the County, today said he was “outraged” by the decision of the of Montgomery County Board of Elections on Monday to eliminate the Marilyn J. Praisner Community Center in Burtonsville as an early voting site in the […]

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Roger Berliner Disappointed by Decision of BOE on Early Voting Center Location

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In response to the Montgomery County Board of Elections’ decision to replace the Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center for the Potomac Community Center as an early voting location for the 2016 elections, Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner today issued the following statement: “I am deeply disappointed with the decision by the Montgomery County Board […]

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Sonya Burke

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Sonya Burke is the Multimedia Manager at Montgomery Community Media (MCM). You can email story ideas at sburke@mymcmedia.org or reach her on Twitter @SonyaNBurke.

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