The Priority Board election process is as follows:

Each candidate must obtain, on the prescribed form, signatures of  25 registered voters living within his/her designated area.

In order to certify the candidate for election, the signers' registration must beverified using the Montgomery County Board of Elections records.

If only one person files for a seat, that person is declared the winner.

The election of representatives is conducted with ballots which are mailed to all registered voters in the particular area using mailing labels supplied by the Montgomery County Board of Elections.

After receipt of a ballot the registered voter to whom the ballot was mailed marks the ballot, signs the envelope where designated and returns the ballot in the envelope provided.

     a) Only the person listed on the address label may sign their name where indicated.

     b) Only one ballot shall be enclosed in each signed envelope. If more than one  
         ballot is enclosed, all ballots in that envelope are invalid.

     c) The envelope containing the ballot must be mailed and postmarked by the 
         designated deadline date to be valid.

Division of Citizen Participations personnel are responsible for verifying the validity of and counting the ballots.

Election results are announced the first Monday after the ballots are counted and verified.