Voting Plan

Do you have a plan to vote in the upcoming election?  Are you prepared?  

Ask yourself these questions:

1) Are you registered to vote?  

I checked my status on Vote 411.  This website is run by the League of Women Voters.

2) Do you know your election dates? Both for Early Voting and Election Day?  

Do you know the hours that the polls are open?  If you have a mail in ballot and are planning on dropping your ballot in a box, do you know the location of the nearest box?  Do you know the dates that the box will be available?

3) Do you know your polling location?  

In Maryland, you vote in your assigned voting district.  Early Voting locations are different than Election Day locations.

4) Do you know who you will be voting for?  You can find out information about your candidates from the League of Women Voters, on their Vote 411 website.  

Maryland sends a sample copy of the ballot in the mail before the election. I research each of the candidates in advance of voting day, and I take the sample ballot in with me, marked with who will be receiving my vote.  I am familiar with any ammendments up for a vote, and I have researched what each initiative will mean for me and my family should it pass. 

Election Day is fast approaching.  Take the time now to do your research on your local candidates.  Nobody should be making last minute decisions at the ballot box.  Start working on your plan now.