During election season, some people look forward to going to all the candidate forums, or even knocking on doors for their chosen candidates to the last hour. Other people want to get the process over as early as possible.
For the latter, the options of universal absentee voting, which allows any voter to request a mail-in ballot, and early voting at a designated polling place are both available to all qualified voters.
Early Voting
For this year’s general election, early voting will be available daily, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Thursday, October 25 through Thursday, November 1. In Maryland, voters may vote at any early voting center within their own county. Prince Georgians may now choose among the same 11 locations as available during the primary elections in June.
The closest location to Greenbelt is VFW Post 8950 Hansen Hall, 9800 Good Luck Road in Lanham. Almost as close is the College Park Community Center, 5051 Pierce. Next is the Kentland Community Center, 2413 Pinebrook Avenue in Landover. The other eight locations can be found on the state Board of Elections website at elections.maryland.gov/voting/early_voting.html and are in Accokeek, Brandywine, Bowie, Laurel, Landover, Fort Washington, Forestville and Upper Marlboro. All of the county’s early voting centers are accessible to voters with disabilities.
For more on this story, click here to see the September 27 edition of the News Review.