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Council confirms four election-board appointees after brief legal dispute over swearing-in authority

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Summary

Cynthia Gray, Richard Arroyo Montgomery, Ricky Arroyo Montgomery and Karen McGill Butler were appointed to Glenarden’s Board of Elections and sworn in after the city consulted its attorney about who has authority to administer oaths.

The Glenarden City Council on March 17 confirmed four residents to the city’s Board of Elections and later completed their swearing-in after a last-minute procedural dispute.

Council adopted Resolutions R-47 through R-50 by voice vote to appoint Cynthia Gray, Richard Arroyo Montgomery, Ricky Arroyo Montgomery and Karen McGill Butler to four-year terms on the Board of Elections. After the confirmations, the mayor attempted to administer the oaths but…

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