HB 362

Did not advance

Montgomery County - Voting Methods MC 13-22

Sponsor: Montgomery County DelegationCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: ElectionsStatus: Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing the Montgomery County Council to adopt, by law, a ranked choice voting method or an approval voting method for elections for certain local offices; and authorizing the Montgomery County Council to provide for the format of ballots to be used in an election conducted by ranked choice voting or approval voting.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list

FAV 13FavorableUNF 6Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Drayton, Morganlobbyist	Common Cause MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Noveau, Barbara	DoTheMostGood	Written (PDF)
FAV	Rooker, Mary	Green Party	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tulkin, Joshlobbyist	MD Sierra Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Written (PDF)
FAV	Koravos, JoAnne	Montgomery County Women's Democratic Club	Written (PDF)
FAV	Boucher, Kathleen	Montgomery County, MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fischman, Edward	Our Revolution Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Whittaker, Michellelobbyist	RCV Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Demnowicz, Cristi	Represent Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Montgomery County Delegation, Montgomery County Delegation	Individual	Oral
FAV	Palakovich Carr, Julie	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Tabatabai, Behnam	Individual	Position only
UNF	Reichert-Price, Sarah	Allegany County Republican Women's Club	Written (PDF)
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	Ennis, Ella	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Fink, Nelda	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Love, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	Waychoff, Amy	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Allegany County Republican Women's ClubUNF 1

Common Cause MDFAV 1

DoTheMostGoodFAV 1

Green PartyFAV 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

MD Sierra ClubFAV 1

Montgomery County Women's Democratic ClubFAV 1

Montgomery County, MDFAV 1

Our Revolution MarylandFAV 1

RCV MarylandFAV 1

Represent MarylandFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDrayton, MorganCommon Cause MDRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter

FAVWhittaker, MichelleRCV MarylandRegistered for: Ranked Choice Voting Maryland