According to the Maryland State Board of Elections, all registered voters who are qualified to vote in the Tuesday, June 2, Maryland Democratic and Republican Primary Elections should receive a ballot through the mail by the middle of May. Only qualified voters registered as Republicans or Democrats should expect to receive ballots to vote in these primary elections. Citizens may register to vote if they are at least 16 years old, but they cannot vote in the primary election unless they will turn 18 by the November 3 general election. The deadline for registering or changing one’s registration has been extended to May 27.
Because of the difficulties in attempting to run an election in the midst of a pandemic, Governor Larry Hogan directed that Maryland’s primaries be set back until June and that the Board of Elections submit a plan for safely conducting them. The result will be Maryland’s first election run almost entirely by mail.
Limited in-person voting will be available for those who are unable to vote by mail, but to reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus it is strongly recommended that all those who can vote by mail do so. Voters who do not receive a ballot by the middle of the month may call the Prince George’s County Board of Elections at 301-341-7300 to request one or they can go to one of the voting centers on Tuesday, June 2, to vote.
Voted ballots must be postmarked on or before June 2. Voters who prefer to drop off their voted ballots rather than sending them through the mail may do so at designated ballot drop-off locations in the county where they live. These centers will be open from Thursday, May 21, through Election Day on June 2. People who are unable to vote by mail may vote in person on election day at a voting center in the county in which they live.
Prince George’s County has five locations for dropping off voted ballots, four of which will also serve as voting centers on June 2.
The voting centers available in Prince George’s County, which are open for voting on June 2 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., in order of distance from Greenbelt, are the following: the College Park Community Center, 5051 Pierce Avenue; the Kentland Community Center, 2413 Pinebrook Avenue, Landover; the Bowie Gymnasium, 4100 Northview Drive; and the Southern Regional Technology and Recreation Complex, 7007 Bock Road, Fort Washington.
For purposes of dropping off voted ballots only, the office of the Prince George’s County Board of Elections is also available at 1100 Mercantile Lane, Suite 115A, in Largo.
The Republican ballot is quite brief. Voters may choose either Donald Trump or Bill Weld as their nominee for President. Five people are running to become the Republican nominee to serve as District 5’s Representative in Congress, the position currently held by Steny Hoyer. They are Byron DuVal Cubero, Lee Havis, Kenneth Lee, Chris Palombi and Doug Sayers. The races for positions of Delegate and Alternative Delegate to the Republican Convention are non-competitive since all the candidates are unopposed.
On both the Republican and Democratic ballots there are seven candidates vying for five positions as Judge of the Circuit Court: April Ademiluyi, Brian Seth Bereano, Wytonja Curry, ShaRon M. Grayson Kelsey, Jared Michael McCarthy, Cathy H. Serrette and Gladys Weatherspoon.
Fourteen candidates are named to run for President on the Democratic Ballot: Joe Biden and 13 of those who shared the debate stage with him this year. Running for Congressional Representative are incumbent Steny Hoyer and challengers William A. Devine III, Vanessa Marie Hoffman, Briana Uria and Mckayla Wilkes.