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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

WATCH: Montgomery Dems Celebrate Obama Win

Scenes from the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee's viewing party for Election Night 2012.

  Some 150 Democratic boosters and party leaders gathered at the Hilton Hotel on Rockville Pike to watch the Election Day results, which doubled as a viewing party for results from the presidential race and for U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen’s run at the newly redrawn 8th Congressional district. When Patch arrived at around 10 p.m., Van Hollen had already steamrolled past Republican challenger Ken Timmerman for the win. So all attention keened in on the large projection screen at the front of the room toggling back and forth among the TV news networks for updates of the presidential race. Cheers went up when up as George Allen conceded his Senate race in Virginia to Democrat Tim Kaine, then again as the Democrats secured control of the Senate…

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Frank

9:49 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

It sounds like Sandra has trouble with the concept that if you vote "yes" for a referred item, you APPROVE it, rather than approving the attempt to repeal it.   more ›

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Long Lines Expected To Delay Election Results in Montgomery County

Many polls have seen waits of more than an hour for much of the day.

Voter turnout in Montgomery County has been so strong that election officials say results will likely come later than expected Tuesday night. The Montgomery County Board of Election's schedule had called for the first batch of results to go live on its Website — www.777vote.org — at 9:20 p.m., followed by updates every 20 minutes until midnight. But given the long lines seen throughout the day, elections spokeswoman Marjorie Roher said she expects most of the county's nearly 250 polling sites to stay open well past their appointed 8 p.m. closing time. “If they’re in line, they can vote," Roher said. "So my guess is that we won’t start shutting down the equipment in a lot of the precincts until closer to 9, which means the results will be …

Brad Sokol

8:58 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Heard many tales today from co-workers of 1 hour and longer waits. However at 7;30 pm at Wooten High in Rockville, walked right in and voted.. no wait.   more ›

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