Montgomery Community Media

What exactly does it mean to “Get Out the Vote” (GOTV)? For those who are new to campaigning, it simply means helping turnout votes during election time. The GOTV process involves field campaign staff targeting specific blocks of voters by precincts.  Most field strategies are based on election rules and primarily involve voter contact. Voter […]

Lorna Virgili hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on the upcoming Feb. 9th snow operations debriefing, the county’s truancy program, the reopening of the Twinbrook Library and much more. You can watch the show, in its entirety, below:

The Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) is seeking bilingual voters to work at early voting sites and at polling places on Election Day. BOE officials recruit bilingual workers every election. Spanish speaking workers are especially needed to meet the Federal requirements of Section 203 of the 1975 Voting Rights Act, which stipulates that bilingual Spanish […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) President James Shalleck talks about what the staff is doing to help increase voter turnout in next year’s election. Take a look: Find out more about early voting in the 2016 election, here.

The campaign for the nation’s highest office is well underway as Marylanders learn about presidential candidates from both parties. Next year, those casting ballots in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County will be using a new voting system that features a paper trail. Residents of Riderwood, the Erickson Living retirement community, received a preview of […]

Maryland’s new voting machines are expected to make their debut for residents in Rockville’s upcoming election in November. These machines will also be in place for the primary election in Spring 2016. In this MyMCMedia Extra, Montgomery County Board of Elections Voting Coordinator Gilberto Zelaya shows how the new machine works. Rockville’s early voting is on Oct. 24 […]

UPDATED, April 29, 6 p.m. – MCPS will announce the results of the election for the next student member of board of education at 8 p.m. tonight, delayed due to a power outage. According to a Facebook post from the Montgomery County Student Government Association,  an electrical problem at one school delayed the count. ORIGINAL […]

Like Cinderella at the ball, time ran out for the Student Member of the Montgomery County Board of Education last night. At the stroke of midnight the General Assembly closed up shop for another year and with it went the Montgomery County Delegation bill to allow the student representative on the county’s board of education […]

Speculations on who will succeed U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski to represent Maryland have been brewing since last month. Mikulski’s retirement opens the door for women leaders such as Congresswoman Donna Edwards (MD-04) to jockey for the seat. Running for office is one way to provide a voice to issues that affect communities and neighborhoods in […]

Two Montgomery County Public Schools students are lobbying for votes to become the next student member of the Board of Education, a position that could become more powerful come July. Rachit Agarwal, a junior from Richard Montgomery and Eric Guerci, a sophomore from Bethesda Chevy Chase High, are both on the ballot for the job. The […]