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Montgomery County Election Board approves poll worker and canvasser lists, plans to process undated ballots
Summary
At its Nov. 3 meeting the Montgomery County Election Board approved lists of roughly 2,450 poll workers and about 100 canvassers for the Nov. 4 municipal election and said it will segregate and canvass undated mail ballots unless a legal challenge stops the process.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY — The Montgomery County Election Board on Nov. 3 approved rosters of poll workers and canvassers for the Nov. 4 municipal election and laid out how staff will handle mail ballots whose outer envelopes lack a date.
Frank (first name only, role not specified), speaking for election staff, told the board that “Section 26 75 of the election code permits the board of elections to temporarily appoint qualified individuals to fill any vacancies occurring at any time in the 5 days preceding an election,” and asked the board to approve the attached spreadsheet of poll worker appointments for the 2025 municipal election. The board voted in favor of the motion; the vote was taken by voice and recorded as unanimous.
Frank said the poll worker list includes roughly 2,450 names. Later, citing election-code provisions governing canvassing, he presented a separate list of about 100 canvassers to examine provisional, mail-in and absentee ballots; the board likewise approved that list by unanimous voice vote.
The board discussed how to treat ballots when the outer envelope lacks a date. Frank said, "it is our intention to canvass ballots that do not have any date on them" unless a legal challenge prevents doing so, and added that staff will segregate and scan those envelopes separately "in the event that litigation comes out after the fact." Staff reported about 500 such envelopes are listed on the CureLog.
On operational metrics, Frank reported the office’s current counts for the election period as stated in the meeting: "to date, we have a 106,335 loan balance" and that the office has received "a little over 78,000 back." Board members noted that mail return rates are a record for this odd-year municipal election and said turnout figures exceeded internal predictions by roughly 15%.
Frank also confirmed the county will operate 428 polling places across 313 physical locations and said officials had moved one site to the Lower Frederick location and sent updated notification cards after that meeting.
The meeting closed after a final procedural motion; the board adjourned by unanimous voice vote. The municipal election was scheduled for Nov. 4, 2025.
