Takoma Park and Poolesville Vote Twice on Tuesday: Their Town Elections Run at Separate Polling Places
Montgomery County's two November town elections do not share a ballot box with the general election. Takoma Park votes for its city government at the Community Center on Maple Avenue, and Poolesville elects two commissioners at Town Hall — both 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and both a second stop for residents voting in both elections.
Two Montgomery County towns ask their residents to make two stops on Tuesday. Takoma Park and Poolesville both hold their town elections on November 3, the same day as the general election — but at separate polling places, so a resident voting in both elections votes in two places.
Takoma Park's city election runs at the Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Avenue, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Poolesville elects two commissioners at Town Hall, 19721 Beall Street, also from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Those hours match the county's general-election polls, which are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across Maryland, with anyone in line by 8 p.m. able to vote.
The general-election half of the day carries its own traps for the unwary. On Election Day, Montgomery voters must go to their assigned polling place — which may not be the early voting center they used last week. A voter who is not registered, or who has moved, can register or update an address at the polling place on Election Day, bringing a document with their name and address, such as an MVA-issued license or ID card, a paycheck, a bank statement or a utility bill.
And a mail-in ballot still in hand has two routes left: one of the county's 58 official drop boxes by 8 p.m. Tuesday, or the mail — postmarked by November 3, signed on the oath envelope, and received by 10 a.m. on Friday, November 13, to count. For Takoma Park and Poolesville voters, the day simply has one more box to check — in a second building.
