Jun 9, 2026 · 24 min · 7 segments
Voter information for the Maryland primary election on June 23. For polling place, early voting centers, and to register…
Sunil DasguptaHost
Laura MitchellGuest
This is the gubernatorial cycle, that is, the governor, state and local races are on the ballot.
I've included a State Board of Elections link in the show notes that you can use to find early voting centers and your designated polling place for June 23rd.
You will need to enter your street name and number and your zip code, and the website will generate your polling place and identify on a map all the early voting centers in your county.
Presidential elections in Maryland do not coincide with state and local races.
Also in Maryland and in other states that have preponderant one-party rule, the primary elections are the more important contests.
In many, many districts around the state and several offices, the winner of the Democratic primary will prevail in the general elections in November.
There are some districts on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland where the GOP has similar advantage.
You may think your vote is just one in a million, but it is worth keeping in mind that merely 20 to 25 percent of voters actually vote in primary elections.
But go further down and voters tend not to make choices for several down ballot races.
In the spirit of full disclosure, and if you live in State Legislative District 19, you will see my name as a state delegate candidate.
District 19 goes from the Needwood-Durwood area all the way to the northwestern corner of Four Corners in Silver Spring and includes Leisure World, Aspen Hill, and Glenmont, among other places.
One of the other oddities of voting in Montgomery County, Maryland is that all voters get to vote for every Board of Education seat on the ballot.
Worth pointing out that school board president Grace Rivera-Urban is running uncontested for re-election, as is newcomer Lorraine Diggs in District 5.
The at-large and District 3 seats are contested, and that is where you have to make choices.
School board races in Maryland are nonpartisan and political parties generally have stayed away from getting involved in these races, but no longer.
Several weeks back, we had Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee Chair Pam Luckett explain a new rule where the county party would make a negative endorsement in the case of a candidate they found particularly offensive.
For example, somebody from Moms for Liberty, the right-wing group, At a District 18 Breakfast Club meeting, MCDCC Treasurer Ed Fishman said this.
This is the gubernatorial cycle, that is, the governor, state and local races are on the ballot.
I've included a State Board of Elections link in the show notes that you can use to find early voting centers and your designated polling place for June 23rd.
You will need to enter your street name and number and your zip code, and the website will generate your polling place and identify on a map all the early voting centers in your county.
Presidential elections in Maryland do not coincide with state and local races.
Also in Maryland and in other states that have preponderant one-party rule, the primary elections are the more important contests.
In many, many districts around the state and several offices, the winner of the Democratic primary will prevail in the general elections in November.
There are some districts on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland where the GOP has similar advantage.
You may think your vote is just one in a million, but it is worth keeping in mind that merely 20 to 25 percent of voters actually vote in primary elections.
But go further down and voters tend not to make choices for several down ballot races.
In the spirit of full disclosure, and if you live in State Legislative District 19, you will see my name as a state delegate candidate.
District 19 goes from the Needwood-Durwood area all the way to the northwestern corner of Four Corners in Silver Spring and includes Leisure World, Aspen Hill, and Glenmont, among other places.
One of the other oddities of voting in Montgomery County, Maryland is that all voters get to vote for every Board of Education seat on the ballot.
Worth pointing out that school board president Grace Rivera-Urban is running uncontested for re-election, as is newcomer Lorraine Diggs in District 5.
The at-large and District 3 seats are contested, and that is where you have to make choices.
School board races in Maryland are nonpartisan and political parties generally have stayed away from getting involved in these races, but no longer.
Several weeks back, we had Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee Chair Pam Luckett explain a new rule where the county party would make a negative endorsement in the case of a candidate they found particularly offensive.
For example, somebody from Moms for Liberty, the right-wing group, At a District 18 Breakfast Club meeting, MCDCC Treasurer Ed Fishman said this.
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