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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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White Knuckle Parenting, Election Edition: Raising Purple Kids
My husband and I cancel out each other's votes in many elections, but the effect on our kids is a good one.
Today is election day, also known as The Day All the Horrible Phone Calls and Political Ads End. It is a good day. The problem for my family, however, is that my husband and I are on opposite ends of the political spectrum and today is the day that an icy silence descends over my house. Remember those long days of hanging chads after the 2000 election? My husband and I didn't speak for probably two weeks. It got ugly. Now, of course, we have children to consider, forcing us to remain at least outwardly civil, regardless of whom edges out ahead in what is sure to be a nail-biter presidential election. Because one of us is a blue voter and one is a red voter, I'm assuming this makes my kids purple, which I actually think is a really cool …
Elaine
4:07 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Bah. I'm happy to brainwash. If only so my kids can hit that moment in college (like I did) when they say "WHAT WERE MY PARENTS THINKING" which will send them into a tailspin like no other, unable to decipher what is true, what is false, and what is unknown. Plus, they, like me, may advocate strongly for a really stupid position as an elementary school child, and have to call their best friend … 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.
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 …
Joe Thomas
6:36 pm on Saturday, September 22, 2012
"sense of decorum" = not politically correct, not the liberal point of view. more ›
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 ›