The County Council will add two members in the 2022 election with the passage of Question C, according to unofficial election results posted shortly before 1 a.m. this morning (Nov. 4). The ballot question garnered more than 62% of the vote for the change, while about 37.5% voted against the question.
The County Council is looking for applicants to fill the 11 seats on the Commission on Redistricting, a group that will recommend a plan for drawing council districts following the 2020 census. Voters today face two ballot questions that could change the number of districts from the current five. One would add two districts, keeping the four at-large positions. The other would eliminate at-large members in favor of creating nine districts, each represented by one councilmember.
The county has launched an online survey to get residents’ opinions about the county police department, County Executive Marc Elrich announced yesterday. The survey is intended to gather information for use by the administration and its recently formed Reimagining Public Safety Task Force.
Leaders in Montgomery County and the State of Maryland have declared Sunday, November 1 as Emancipation Day.
Free and discounted transportation options are available to Montgomery County residents who cast their votes in person or at ballot drop boxes during Early Voting and on Election Day, according to a county press release.
Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department’s Fraud Unit are again warning residents about a telephone scam that has claimed $1.5 Million from victims since June of this year.
The County Council has overridden County Executive Marc Elrich’s veto of a bill that would exempt 100% of the property tax for a project built on property leased from WMATA at a Metro station in the county.
The Montgomery County Council has introduced a special appropriation for additional arts and humanities emergency relief funding, according to a council press release.
With the increase in COVID-19 cases detected locally and around the country, county officials are evaluating whether there’s a need to roll back recent reopening provisions. Dr. Travis Gayles, the county’s health officer, has updated the indicators used to guide local decision-making regarding the restrictions intended to curb the spread of the virus.