Mission Statement

The mission of the Board of Elections is to register voters, conduct elections, assist persons seeking elective office with candidate filings and campaign fund reports, assist citizens seeking to place questions on the ballot, and preserve election data.

Budget Overview

The total approved FY19 Operating Budget for the Montgomery County Board of Elections is $8,073,422, a decrease of $140,278 or 1.71 percent from the FY18 Approved Budget of $8,213,700. Personnel Costs comprise 51.02 percent of the budget for 28 full-time position(s) and three part-time position(s), and a total of 56.18 FTEs. Total FTEs may include seasonal or temporary positions and may also reflect workforce charged to or from other departments or funds. Operating Expenses account for the remaining 48.98 percent of the FY19 budget.

Linkage to County Result Areas

While this program area supports all eight of the County Result Areas, the following are emphasized:

• A Responsive, Accountable County Government
• Vital Living for All of Our Residents

Department Performance Measures

Performance measures for this department are included below (where applicable), with multi-program measures displayed at the front of this section and program-specific measures shown with the relevant program. The FY18 estimates reflect funding based on the FY18 approved budget. The FY19 and FY20 figures are performance targets based on the FY19 approved budget and funding for comparable service levels in FY20.

Accomplishments

• ADDITIONAL EARLY VOTING LOCATION: An additional Early Voting Center was added to Montgomery County by the Maryland General Assembly. It will be located in Olney at the Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department. This site will be used for the first time in June 2018 to provide early voting to this segment of the County.
  

Innovations and Productivity Improvements

• BALLOT TRACKING PROCESS - Redesigned the tracking process for absentee and provisional ballots to streamline election certification and achieve a 100 percent accuracy rate in verifying whether voters' absentee or provisional ballots were counted or rejected.
• OVERTIME REDUCTION - Shifted temporary employee resources into election worker recruitment to achieve a higher teacher to student ratio in election worker training classes and reduce overtime hours for trainers.

Collaboration and Partnerships

Program Descriptions

  Voter Registration Services

The Voter Registration Services program provides clerical and administrative support to register new voters, maintains the currency of information in the official registry, and provides clerical and administrative support to process requests for absentee ballots. The Federal Help America Vote Act mandated the establishment of a statewide voter registration database...

  Election Operations

The Election Operations program provides administrative, clerical, and technical support for the conduct of local, State, and Federal elections. The Election Operations program assists individuals seeking elective office with candidate filings; delineates and maintains accurate precinct boundaries; prepares and produces various district and precinct maps; administers the results of redistricting;...

  Administration

The Administration program of the Board of Elections includes budget development; fiscal control; administration of personnel and contractual issues; procurement; program planning and evaluation; and coordination and cooperation with Federal, State, and local government agencies, elected officials, and political organizations. This includes ensuring that the requirements of Section 203 of...