Maryland Primary Feb. 12
Feb 6, 2008 8:05 - 3 Comments
Perhaps >yesterday’s “Super Fat Tuesday” activities have whet your appetite for voting and you are chomping at the bit to cast your very own ballot on Tuesday, February 12. Or, maybe it has reminded you that there is some sort of election thingy coming up and you probably ought to pay attention. Or, maybe you are somewhere in between and wouldn’t mind a roundup of what’s going on to help you get your head in the game.
We’re here to help.
If you are a registered voter (and if you are not, why aren’t you?), you should have received a little pamphlet in the mail that looks like the one in the photo, which is mine so no peeking. This is what passes for a “voter guide” in Maryland.
The upshot is that, on Tuesday, February 12, Maryland voters will cast their ballots for:
- Party nominee to be candidate for President of the United States
- Party nominee to be candidate for U.S. Representative
- Circuit Court Judge (choose two; they are running unopposed)
- Female delegates to your party’s convention (four)
- Male delegates to your party’s convention (four)
- Board of Education — at-large member
The links above go to the page at the Washington Post that covers the candidates that apply to folks living in Rockville. This is a Rockville blog, after all. But, in case you are reading this from outside our coverage area, here is a link to the Washington Post’s main page for coverage of this primary.
Here is a list of all the candidates: State-level and higher and Montgomery County only. (Don’t ask me why they are separated out like that.)
If you have registered to vote with a particular party, you will be able to choose your party’s nominee. If you are independent, you’re out of luck and will just be picking a school board candidate and judges.
Speaking of school board, one candidate has contacted me with a press release describing his candidacy, Rob Seubert, and his press release (about an endorsement he received) is here. This is not an endorsement of Rob; I would do that for any candidate.
Want to know for sure where you should vote in this election? Plug your address in here, and find out. It will be one of the locations on this list. Note that this is not a City election, so your polling place may be different than the one you visited last November. (For instance, for City elections I vote at Beall Elementary; for this election I will be voting in the Board of Education building.)
Yes, we still need election judges. Really, you should do it. Follow the link for more info.
See you on Tuesday!
(P.S. Want a mug like the one in the photo? Of course you do.)
(P.P.S. Thanks to Rockville Central friend Rich Gottfried for prompting this article.)
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What if you are registered Green party?
I believe in that case you vote in the General for your Green candidate.>
Though, you still get to vote for school board on the 12th.
>Rockville Central reader Roald Schrack has passed along the following good information:
The League of Women Voters Guide is available at the Library, City Hall, Recreation Centers, and the League 301- 984-9586. The contents of the guide are submitted by the candidates and no revisions or additions are made by LWV.
Only the Democrats have Male and Female delegates separately chosen.
Judges are non-partisan. They were appointed by the governor after suggestions from the bar associations. After serving for one year the judges must stand for election.