VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION IS OCTOBER 18, 2016

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Montgomery County citizens who wish to vote in the 2016 Presidential General Election need to complete and submit their voter registration application no later than Tuesday, October 18, 2016, by 9 PM.

Are you registered to vote? Is your voter registration up to date?  Is your current address reflected in your voter registration or make any other changes to your voter registration?   Make sure you update your registration prior to October 18, 2016, so you are ready to vote.

Registering to vote requires that you are a US citizen, live in Montgomery County, Maryland, and be at least 18 years of age on or before November 8, 2016. 

Visit: www.https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/OnlineVoterRegistration/InstructionsStep1  to confirm that your registration is up to date.

Download a voter registration application at www.777vote.org to mail to the Board of Elections. 

You may also call 240-777-VOTE to verify your voter registration using the automated phone system or visit the office at 18753 N. Frederick Avenue, Suite 210, in Gaithersburg.  The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.

Voter registration applications are also available at county libraries, regional service centers, all offices of the Montgomery County Health and Human Services, the State of Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles, and US Post Offices.

Mailed voter registration applications must be postmarked October 18, 2016.  Please note, first class mail takes about 5 days to be delivered but it will be processed in time for the November 8, 2016 Election Day.

For more information on voter registration, call 240-777-VOTE, visit www.777vote.org, the Maryland State Board of Elections’ website at http://elections.maryland.gov, or follow the Montgomery County Board of Elections on Facebook or Twitter.

The deadline to request a mailed absentee ballot must be received by 11:59 PM on November 1, 2016.

 

To get an absentee voting application, go to:

https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/OnlineVoterRegistration/InstructionsStep1

 

Early voting begins October 27, 2016 through November 3, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.  Visit website www.777vote.org for locations and wait times.

  

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Contact: Board of Elections, 240.777.VOTE (8683); 240.777.8500

 

 

 

 

 

 

Release ID: 16-439
Media Contact: Board of Elections 240-777-8683