At next week’s worksession, the Council will discuss placing this issue of extending Council term from 2 to 4 years on the 2021 ballot and developing a voter education plan. In early 2018 Mayor and Council adopted priorities that included consideration of a Charter amendment creating four-year staggered terms, transitioning four district seats to four […]
The Council held two Worksession discussions (February 2 and February 16) with the Board of Election Supervisors and have discussed changes to the election date and other matters related to the November election. Specifically, the Council is interested in holding the election on Sunday, November 7, and in having applications for absentee ballots mailed to […]
At this week’s meeting, Council members discussed this year’s City election with the City’s members of the Board of Election Supervisors. The Board met with the Mayor and Council at the Worksession on February 2 to discuss and seek direction on the method of this year’s City election in November. Staff told us that Davis […]
Please see below the final Board of Election official report of the District 2 Special Election.
The following are the preliminary results from the count of the ballots cast at the College Park Community Center on November 8: Ron Cameau: 50 Lindsay Dively: 11 Latetra Brown Esters: 69 The Official Canvass will be held on Friday. At that time the absentee ballots and validated provisional ballots will be counted. The City […]
The (national) election day is tomorrow. If you haven’t voted yet, there are a couple of ways you can vote. Please see them below: Option 1: Early Voting Centers Early voting centers are open from 7 am to 8 pm TODAY, November 2. The closest location for most College Park residents is at The Pavilion […]
At last night’s meeting, the City Council amended Article III, “Mayor and Council”, §C3-1, “Membership; Election; Term of Office”, to delete the requirement that a candidate for City elected office to be a registered voter for at least one year prior to the election and to substitute the requirement that a candidate shall have been […]
At this November’s election, we’ll be asked to vote on 2 ballot questions – one related to State and local government budgets, spending, and finance, and the other one related to gambling. Please attend this town hall to learn more about them. from State’s representatives representing College Park and the neighboring towns. Join by Zoom: […]
As the national election is nearing, a College Park group has joined a national “Get Out the Vote” drive. The College Park-based “Neighbors Connect” will join the national campaign by MomsRising to get registered women voters to go to polls this November. As part of the campaign, the non-partisan MomsRising is planning to send a […]
At last night’s City Council meeting, the Council decided to hold District 2 special election on Sunday, November 8, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the College Park Community Center. District 2 Councilmember Brennan has recently submitted his resignation from the City Council, indicating that he would serve through September 30. City Charter Section […]
Let’s share information about voting, the importance of voting, and how to vote in this upcoming election, and this event on Monday supports that initiative by providing important information to our residents. Here is the registration link:
There have been numerous questions about voting in the November General Election. The information below may help answer all your questions. You can also reach out to the Prince George’s County Board of Elections directly at 301-341-7300 or election@co.pg.md.us. Important Deadlines and Dates: Today — Confirm that you are registered to vote. If you aren’t sure […]
Hopefully, most of you have received your “vote by mail” ballots for TODAY’s June 2, 2020 Primary. There are three safe, convenient ways to vote: 1. Mail in your ballot so it is postmarked today, Tuesday, June 2. 2. Drop off your ballot at a voting site by 8 PM today at the drop boxes […]
In order to increase voter turnouts, the City increased the election budget to $67,171 in the last year’s November election. That was a whopping 139% increase from what the City spent ($28,118) in the 2017 election. Yet, the voter turnout in the latest election went down by 21% – from 2,648 in 2017 to 2,092 […]
City has recently published more election data about this year’s election results. This time the data includes votes by districts, including votes on the Council term, and the total vote counts. Interesting to note how residents voted on the 2 vs 4 year Council term ballot question. District 1 and 4 (north and west College […]
Dr. Fazlul Kabir is a five-term City Council Member of the City of College Park District 1.