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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Election Results 2012: Montgomery County Board of Education

See who prevailed in the tight race for the District 2 seat.

Update, 5:30 a.m., Wednesday Rebecca Smondrowski of Gaithersburg appears to have edged out Rockville resident Fred Evans in a close general election race for the District 2 seat on the county's Board of Education. Election night unofficial results from the Montgomery County Board of Elections showed Smondrowski with 117,294 votes (50.59 percent) and Evans, a former Montgomery County Public Schools principal, with 113,642 votes (49.02 percent). When combined with early voting numbers, this gave Smondrowski a total of 149,184 votes compared to Evans' 141,049--a lead of more than 8,000 votes. The unofficial results show board members Phil Kauffman and Christopher Barclay with enough votes to be reelected to their respective at-large and …

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Kauffman Sweeps Board of Education At-Large Primary

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Esther French

3:51 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Thanks for the clarification, Theresa! Yes, voters should vote countywide for the Board of Education races.   more ›

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Maryland's Early Voting Faces Crucial Test in November

Debate continues over the costs, benefits, and potential biases of the program.

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  • Thursday, September 20, 2012

By Carl Straumsheim Capital News Service Early voting in Maryland was meant to make the ballot box more accessible by giving voters additional chances to cast their ballots, but instead, the perceived shortcomings of the program have spawned a debate over costs, benefits and partisan bias. Early voting turnout has been low since its introduction in 2010. Only 2.4 percent of all eligible voters cast their ballots ahead of the April 3 primary election—roughly the same as in 2010. Compared to the 2006 election, total turnout in 2010 stayed flat, with one in two Marylanders voting, though about 6 percent of those voters cast their ballots before Election Day, according to data from the Maryland State Board of Elections. Michael Cain, a …

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Joe Thomas

6:36 pm on Saturday, September 22, 2012

"sense of decorum" = not politically correct, not the liberal point of view.   more ›

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