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MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS RECOMMENDS CONTINUATION OF 58 BALLOT DROP BOX LOCATIONS FOR THE 2026 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS

For Immediate Release: Monday, April 21, 2025

For Immediate Release: Monday, April 21, 2025

On Monday, April 21, 2025, the Montgomery Board of Elections unanimously approved 58 ballot drop box locations for the 2026 Gubernatorial Primary and General Elections.  The Board voted to retain all 58 locations used for the 2024 Presidential Primary and General Elections, including the additional drop boxes at each of Montgomery College’s three campuses (Rockville, Germantown, and Takoma Park/Silver Spring) that were added in 2024.

“Since 2020, the Board has placed drop boxes at early voting centers, public high schools, and at a number of senior communities and municipal buildings in response to requests from those communities,” Board President David Naimon said.  “In 2024, at the request of Montgomery College, we added drop boxes at the three Montgomery College campuses, which made voting more convenient for the more than 17,000 MC students, almost two-thirds of whom use public transportation to get to classes. In 2026, we are retaining all the same drop box locations across the county, which provide at least one drop box within two miles of the residences of 92% of Montgomery County voters.”

“We strongly encourage all those eligible to vote who would like to vote by mail-in ballot to take advantage of the drop boxes, an added convenient way to ensure safe and timely mail-in votes,” said Board Secretary Amie Hoeber. “Our bipartisan teams of election judges collect the mail-in ballots from drop boxes at least once daily, seven days a week, so mail-in ballot voters can be assured that your ballots will be delivered to us within one day. More than half of mail-in ballot voters used the drop boxes in 2024.”

With an increasing number of voters who vote by mail, the Board’s decision will provide for continuity of service by continuing to use locations used in the 2024 elections and further assist voters to return their voted mail-in ballots at accessible and convenient locations.  The decision emphasizes the Board’s efforts to facilitate collection of mail-in ballots through official election drop boxes located throughout the county.

The Board approved the following drop box locations:


  1. Activity Center at Bohrer Park
  1. Albert Einstein High School
  1. Asbury Methodist Village
  1. Bauer Drive Community Rec Center
  1. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
  1. Bette Carol Thompson Scotland Neighborhood Recreation Center,
  1. Clarksburg High School
  1. Col. Zadok Magruder High School
  1. Damascus Community Rec Center
  1. Damascus High School
  1. East County Community Rec Center
  1. Forest Knolls Elementary School
  1. Friendship Heights Village Center
  1. Gaithersburg High School
  1. Germantown Community Recreation Center
  1. Gwendolyn E. Coffield Community Recreation Center
  1. Isiah “Ike” Leggett Executive Office Building
  1. James Hubert Blake High School
  1. Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center
  1. John F. Kennedy High School
  1. Leisure World of Maryland
  1. Longwood Community Recreation Center
  1. Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Ctr.
  1. Marilyn J. Praisner Community Recreation Center
  1. Mid-County Community Recreation Center
  1. Montgomery Blair High School
  1. Montgomery County Board of Elections
  1. Montgomery College-Germantown Campus
  1. Montgomery College-Rockville Campus
  1. Montgomery College-Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus
  1. Montgomery County Conference Center Marriott Bethesda North
  1. Nancy H. Dacek N. Potomac Community Recreation Center
  1. Northwest High School
  1. Paint Branch High School
  1. Poolesville High School
  1. Potomac Community Rec Center
  1. Quince Orchard High School
  1. Richard Montgomery High School
  1. Riderwood Senior Living
  1. Robertson Park Youth Center
  1. Rockville City Hall
  1. Rockville High School
  1. Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Dept.
  1. Seneca Valley High School
  1. Sherwood High School
  1. Silver Spring Civic Building
  1. Springbrook High School
  1. Takoma Park Community Center
  1. Thomas S. Wootton High School
  1. Upper County Comm. Rec Center
  1. Walt Whitman High School
  1. Walter Johnson High School
  1. Watkins Mill High School
  1. Wheaton High School
  1. Wheaton Library & Community Recreation Center
  1. White Oak Community Rec Center
  1. Wilson Wims Elementary School
  1. Winston Churchill High School

 

 

Once the State Board of Elections approves the drop box sites for Montgomery County, they will be advertised on the Board’s website. Approved ballot drop boxes will be installed approximately six weeks before Election Day.

 

For other election information, call 240-777-8500, visit www.777vote.org or the Maryland State Board of Elections’ website at https://elections.maryland.gov, or follow the Montgomery County Board of Elections on Facebook, Instagram, X and Bluesky. 

 

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Media Contact: Gilberto Zelaya 240-777-8625