Voter Guide 2022: Race For Prince George's County Board Of Education

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Tuesday's election includes dozens of positions on the ballot in Prince George's County, including seats on the board of education.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. Marylanders must vote at their assigned polling place on Election Day.

Voters using a mail-in ballot can still return their ballot by mail, as long as it gets postmarked by Tuesday. Residents can also return their mail-in ballot to one of these drop boxes in their county or hand deliver it to their local board of elections by 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Here is everything you need to know about the 2022 Maryland general election in Prince George's County.

What District Am I In?

Voters can see which districts they live in by using this tool. That resource also tells Marylanders their:

• Review their voter registration record.
• Request a duplicate voter registration card.
• Learn where to vote.
• Find out their voting districts
• See their current state and federal representatives.
• Contact your local board of elections.
• Check the status of their mail-in or provisional ballot.
• View their sample ballot.

You can find all the campaign websites listed on the Maryland State Board of Elections candidate portal.

Board of Education

The county's school board has 13 members: nine are elected to four-year terms by district, three are appointed by the county executive, and one is appointed by the county council. School board races are non-partisan. While four seats were up for election, but only one had a primary, District 6. The other contested races in the general election are in Districts 2, 3 and 9.

Here are the candidates in those races, according to DCist.com:

District 6

• Branndon D. Jackson
• Ashley Kearney

District 2

• Joshua Thomas (incumbent)
• Jenni Pompi

District 3

• Pamela Boozer-Strother (incumbent)
• Varinia Sandino

District 9

• Lolita E. Walker
• Kent Roberson

Several jurisdictions also have local ballot questions. Prince George's County's ballot will ask voters about:

Question A
Bond Issue
Community College Facilities Bonds
AN ACT enabling the county to borrow money and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $64,611,000 to finance the design, construction, reconstruction, extension, acquisition, improvement, enlargement, alteration, renovation, relocation, rehabilitation or repair of community college facilities, including the acquisition and development of sites therefor, the architectural and engineering services incident thereto, and the acquisition and installation of necessary fixed permanent equipment therefor, as defined therein.

Question B
Bond Issue
County Buildings Bonds
AN ACT enabling the County to borrow money and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $51,939,000 to finance the design, construction, reconstruction, extension, acquisition, improvement, enlargement, alteration, renovation, relocation, rehabilitation or repair of county buildings, including the acquisition and development of sites therefor, the architectural and engineering services incident thereto, and the acquisition and installation of necessary fixed permanent equipment therefor, as defined therein.

Question C
Bond Issue
Library Facilities Bonds
AN ACT enabling the County to borrow money and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $9,258,000 to finance the design, construction, reconstruction, extension, acquisition, improvement, enlargement, alteration, renovation, relocation, rehabilitation or repair of library facilities, including the acquisition and development of sites therefor, the architectural and engineering services incident thereto, and the acquisition and installation of necessary fixed permanent equipment therefor, as defined therein.

Question D
Bond Issue
Public Works and Transportation Facilities Bonds
AN ACT enabling the County to borrow money and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $208,686,000 to finance the design, construction, reconstruction, extension, acquisition, improvement, enlargement, alteration, renovation, relocation, rehabilitation or repair of Public Works and Transportation Facilities (including roads and bridges, parking lots, and maintenance facilities), including the acquisition and development of sites therefor, the architectural and
engineering services incident thereto, and the acquisition and installation of necessary fixed permanent equipment therefor, as defined therein.

Question E
Bond Issue
Public Safety Facilities Bonds
AN ACT enabling the County to borrow money and issue bonds in an amount not
exceeding $45,925,000 to finance the design, construction, reconstruction,
extension, acquisition, improvement, enlargement, alteration, renovation,
relocation, rehabilitation or repair of Public Safety Facilities (including Fire
Department Facilities), including the acquisition and development of sites therefor,
the architectural and engineering services incident thereto, and the acquisition and
installation of necessary fixed permanent equipment therefor, as defined therein.

Question F
Charter Amendment
Compensation of County Executive and County Council Member
To have the compensation of the County Council members and the County Executive comply with state law.

Question G
Charter Amendment
Gender Neutral Language In Charter
To provide for gender neutral language in several sections throughout the Charter.

Question H
Charter Amendment
Support Local And Minority Businesses
To include County law for the encouragement and support of local and minority businesses consistent with requirements of Federal, State, and County law.

Question I
Charter Amendment
County Competitive Bidding
To provide that public notice for bids or proposals shall be advertised on a publicly available website designated by the County Purchasing Agent, and in any other manner determined by the County Code. Such purchases and contracts shall be made from or awarded to the responsive and responsible bid that is most favorable to the county with respect to “best value," including technical requirements, diversity of suppliers, and costs, as defined in the Code; to provide for bonding and generally regarding competitive bidding.

Question J
Charter Amendment
County Council Member Residency Requirement
To provide that an at-large Council member shall have been a qualified voter of Prince George’s County for at least one year immediately preceding their general election. Council members representing one of the nine Council districts shall have been a qualified voter of their respective Council district for at least one year immediately preceding their general election. In an election year immediately following an approved decennial redistricting plan changing the boundaries of any Council district, the one-year residency requirement immediately preceding the general election shall not apply if a person is deemed a qualified voter but no longer resides in their former Council district because of a boundary change in the approved decennial redistricting plan. Such person shall have resided in their former Council district for at least one-year immediately preceding their general election and shall reside in the same Council district as changed in the approved decennial redistricting plan by the deadline for filing a certificate of candidacy.

When Will The Results Be Certified?

Election officials will not certify the final results for at least 10 days. Officials must wait for every mail-in and provisional ballot to come in.

Soon after polls close on Nov. 8, the Maryland State Board of Elections will release the jurisdiction-specific tallies from in-person early voting and mail-in ballots counted up to Election Day.

Officials will start releasing the Election Day vote counts over the following hours on election night.

All 24 jurisdictions will start releasing their early voting and Election Day tallies on Nov. 8. Only 10 will release the mail-in ballot results tallied before Election Day.

The Maryland Court of Appeals on Oct. 7 ruled that local election offices can opt to start counting mail-in ballots before Election Day. They cannot release these results until after polls close on Election Day, and they must continue accepting ballots until the statewide deadline of Nov. 18 at 10 a.m.

Related: Maryland's Highest Court Upholds Order Allowing Early Counting Of Mail-In Ballots

These jurisdictions plan to conduct pre-Election Day canvassing of mail-in ballots: Baltimore City and Allegany, Baltimore, Calvert, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Saint Mary's and Washington Counties.

Election officials will tally provisional ballots on Nov. 16. Mail-in ballots will be counted as they arrive until Nov. 18. Local boards cannot certify their results before Nov. 18.

Here is some more coverage of Maryland's biggest races:

• Moore And Cox Sling Harsh Criticisms At One Another In Taut, Freewheeling TV Debate
• Biden Looks To Weed Decriminalization: What It Means Ahead Of MD Marijuana Referendum
• Biden Visits Hagerstown Factory To Help Trone, Bash GOP, And Tout His Record On Manufacturing
• Glassman, Lierman Make Their Case To Be Maryland's Next Comptroller
• Peroutka Pledges To Bypass Abortion, Marriage Laws; Would Pursue Legal Action Against Hogan
• Maryland's Highest Court Upholds Order Allowing Early Counting Of Mail-In Ballots