Wanted: Democrat for Board of Elections

MCDCC Vice Chairman Alan Banov sent us this announcement. Time is of the essence on this one!

Vacancy on the County Board of Elections

The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee requests applications to fill a vacancy in the Montgomery County Board of Elections, which was created by the resignation of Mary Carter-Williams as a member of that Board on April 24.

The County Board of Elections consists of five regular members (3 Democrats and 2 Republicans) and two substitute members (1 Democrat and 1 Republican). The Chair is Sam Statland, and the other Democrats are John Sullivan and Jerry Garson. Mr. Garson was the substitute member and has become a voting member of the board by virtue of Ms. Carter-Williams's resignation.

At its regular meeting on May 13, 2008, the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee will vote to nominate a candidate to be the new Democratic substitute member. The Members of the Board of Elections serve for a four-year term and oversee the operations of the Board. Their work requires attendance at regular monthly meetings and considerable work, day and night, in the periods before, during, and after primaries and general elections.

MCDCC is soliciting applications from registered Democrats who wish to serve as substitute Election Board member.

To Apply: Please send a letter of interest and a resume or biographical sketch to the MCDCC at 3720 Farragut Avenue, Suite 303, Kensington, MD 20895-2195, or e-mail or fax them to MontgomeryDems@msn.com or 301-946-1002. The deadline to apply is 12:00 noon, Friday, May 9. Applicants will be interviewed by a committee of the MCDCC, starting at 7:30 p.m., May 12, in the order in which applications are received. Applicants will be notified on the afternoon of May 9 about the times of the interviews. Minorities, as well as women, are encouraged to apply.

Alan Banov (Legalrun@aol.com) and Karen Czapanskiy (KarenSyma@yahoo.com), are the chair and co-chair, respectively, of MCDCC Board of Elections Review Committee. Also serving on the committee are MCDCC Secretary Elliot Chabot and MCDCC Member Milt Minneman. The committee will make its recommendations at the May 13 MCDCC meeting. Applicants will be invited to appear at that meeting, but will not be expected to say anything more than to introduce themselves. The MCDCC will recommend that Governor Martin O'Malley appoint its selected candidate to the vacancy.