Who Wants to be on the Board of Elections?

From Alan Banov, Vice-Chairman, MCDCC.

Sam Statland, President of the Montgomery County Board of Elections, has resigned, and the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee requests applications to be nominated as a substitute Board member at its January 2009 meeting.

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 other Democrats on the Board are Members John Sullivan and Jerry Garson and Substitute Member Rosalyn Pelles. By virtue of Mr. Statland’s resignation, Ms. Pelles has become a regular member.

At its regular meeting on Tuesday, January 13, 2008, MCDCC will vote to nominate a candidate to be the new Democratic 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. Board members receive a small stipend.

MCDCC is soliciting applications from registered Democrats who wish to serve as substitute Election Board member for the remainder of the current term, which ends in 2010. Experience with elections or the Elections Board is highly desirable.

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, January 9, 2009. Applicants will be interviewed by a committee of the MCDCC, starting at 7:30 p.m., January 12, in the order in which applications are received. Applicants will be notified on the afternoon of January 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 January 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.