Be An Election Judge! Do It!

Rockville Central friend Christina Ginsberg has written to remind us all that:

We need people to serve the traditional (insanely long) full day, but we also desperately need people for a special position focused on keeping chain of custody for the critical materials. That is, the computer cards out of the Diebold voting machines and the unvoted paper ballots.

Two "closers" per precinct, of different parties (which in Montgomery County means a Democrat and anyone not a Democrat), join the judge team at the precinct at 6PM, help with the last rush of voters, do the shutdown of the touchscreen voting machines, and then together drive the critical materials back to the Board of Elections here in Rockville.

I sure would like to have 10 people signed up and trained as closers on standby to cover Rockville. As well as 25 people trained and ready to serve for the full day. And if we really want to dream big, 30 more Rockville people to make up teams here at the Board in Rockville and go out together to precincts in other parts of the County.

The primary is February 12th, so we have only about 10 days left to get everyone lined up.

Potential judges should print out the election judge application and fill it out. Due to the short time frame, it is better to FAX it back to 240-777-0805 (mark it "attention Christina"). Or bring it to the Board of Elections at 751 Twinbrook Parkway and ask for Christina or Jessica.

Needed for Rockville (both closers and full day judges):

• Lakewood ES
• Robert Frost ES
• College Gardens ES
• Fallsmead ES
• Julius West MS
• Winston Churchill MS
• Ivymount School
• Farmland ES
• Twinbrook ES
• Luxmanor ES
• Tilden MS
• Tilden Center

Thanks, Christina!