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Montgomery County errs on polling places

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Montgomery County, Maryland, said voter guides for 11 precincts listed the wrong polling places and party details; replacements go out next week.

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Key takeaway

Montgomery County is reissuing voter guides for 11 precincts after printing the wrong polling places.

Montgomery County, Maryland, disclosed on 22 September that voter information guides sent to 11 precincts listed the wrong polling places and party details⁠¹. The errors hit precincts in Clarksburg, Germantown and Poolesville. The county began mailing the guides, which include sample ballots, to more than 700,000 registered voters on 16 September.

Names, addresses and sample ballots were correct, and no voter registration record was affected, according to the county Board of Elections. Its vendor confirmed that the guides for the remaining 246 precincts are correct. Replacements go out next week, and the board is emailing voters in the affected precincts directly.

Maryland's 3 November ballot also carries a redistricting-criteria question that the state's top court restored with new wording in September.

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In plain English

Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, said on 22 September that voter guides sent to 11 precincts had the wrong polling place and party information printed on them. The county said it would mail replacement guides to those same 11 precincts the following week.

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