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Election Information - 2009 College Park City Council Elections
Do you need to updated your voter registration?
If you intend to vote in the City Council election and have moved - even within the campus - since you last registered to vote, you must updated your registration to reflect your current College Park address. NOTE: The deadline to update your voter registration for this election has since passed.

To Vote:
Election day is Nov 3 and polls are open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. To see a map of the districts and a full listing of which addresses fall into which district, visit http://www.collegeparkmd.gov


College Park Representatives
City Council Student Liaison [Jonathan Sachs]
jjsachs@umd.edu

College Park Mayor [Stephen Brayman]
sbrayman@collegeparkmd.gov
(301) 864-8666

College Park City Council Members
http://www.collegeparkmd.gov/Mayor_Council.htm

Prince George’s County Executive [Jack Johnson]
http://www.goprincegeorgescounty.com/Government/ExecutiveBranch/index.asp?nivel=subfoldmenu(0,1)
(301) 952-4131

Maryland Board of Regents Members
http://www.usmd.edu/regents/members/

Maryland General Assembly (District 21)
http://mlis.state.md.us/
College Park Delegates:
Barbara Frush barbara.frush@house.state.md.us
Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk joseline.pena.melnyk@house.state.md.us
Benjamin Barnes ben.barnes@house.state.md.us
College Park Senator:
Jim Rosapepe jim.rosapepe@senate.state.md.us

Maryland Governor [Martin O’Malley (D-MD)]
http://www.gov.state.md.us/index.html
(410) 974-3591

U.S. Representative [Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD 5th)]
http://hoyer.house.gov
(202) 225-4131/ (301) 474-0119

U.S. Senator [Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)]
http://mikulski.senate.gov
(202) 224-4654 / (410) 962-4510

U.S. Senator [Ben Cardin (D-MD)]
http://cardin.senate.gov/
Phone: (202) 224-4524 / (410) 962-4436



Find your representative from home:
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Student Government Association
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University Senate
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Graduate Student Government
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Student Honor Council
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University Student Judiciary
USJ is composed of over 100 undergraduate and graduate students at the University. There are five branches:

Resident Judicial Boards
Central Judicial Board
Student Honor Council
Community Advocates
University Appellate Board
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University Appellate Board
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Central Judicial Board
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Residence Halls Association
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Stamp Advisory Board
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College of Arts and Humanities Advisory Board
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Off Campus Students Association
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Vegetarian Advisory Board
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Resident Judicial Boards
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College of Agriculture and Natural Resource Ambassadors
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College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Dean’s Student Advisory Council
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STARS – Politics
Politics subsection for groups on campus, including
College Democrats http://www.umddemocrats.com
College Republicans http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/cr
For full list, see (View by --> Political)
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Community Advocates
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Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership
Unites research, education, and public engagement to foster democratic communication by a diverse people. Housed in the Department of Communication here at Maryland.
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Center for American Politics and Citizenship
The Center for American Politics and Citizenship (CAPC) provides citizens and policy-makers with research on critical issues related to the nation's political institutions, processes, and policies based at the University of Maryland: College Park.
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Political Internships
Please see Internships section for list of political internships.
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National Political Parties
Democratic National Committee http://www.dnc.org/
Republican National Committee http://www.rnc.org/
Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/
Green Party http://www.gp.org/


Politico
Learn more about political news with special interest in the young voters of 2008.
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Real Clear Politics
RealClearPolitics.com (RCP) has become one of America’s premier independent political web sites. Updated every morning and throughout the day, RCP culls and publishes the best commentary, news, polling data, and links to important resources from all points of the political compass and covering all the important issues of the day. RealClearPolitics has become a trusted filter for anyone interested in politics.
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League of Women Voters
A nonpartisan political advocacy organization with TONS of election information!
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Rock the Vote
Political power for young people.
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Post Politics
Check out the Politics section of the Washington Post for the latest political news.
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Free Press
Free Press is a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. Through education, organizing and advocacy, we promote diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media, and universal access to communications.
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Track legislation in Congress
Track legislation in Congress at Thomas.gov
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Center for Politics Crystal Ball
A comprehensive Web site run by the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, Center Director Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball features detailed and frequently updated analyses for a wide spectrum of races from around the country. The Crystal Ball keeps tabs on presidential elections, along with every Senate and gubernatorial race, as well as the tightest campaigns for the House.
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Election Assistance Commission
A federal nonpartisan commission that serves as a national clearinghouse for election administration information.
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Vote 411
A site run by the League of Women Voters with election information for every state, including registration, polling place, and absentee ballot information.
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VoteGopher.com
Created by students at Harvard, this website strives to focus on issues facing the candidates in order to inform young voters. Now that the election is over Vote Gopher helps track campaign promises with the results.
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Fact Check
A nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. Fact Check monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) seeks to instill in our nation's youth a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights and to educate young people to become active and responsible participants in our society. CRF is dedicated to assuring our country's future by investing in our youth today. CRF is a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization dedicated to educating America's young people about the importance of civic participation in a democratic society.
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Non Profit Vote
Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network (NVEN ) is dedicated to expanding the role of America’s nonprofits in voting and elections. NVEN works with state nonprofit VOTE initiatives and its national website to provide resources and tools for 501(c)(3) nonprofits to help their communities participate and vote.
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Student Association for Voter Empowerment S.A.V.E
S.A.V.E is a non-profit, non-partisan, student-led organization under the guidance of our nation’s most distinguished leaders, including senators, congressional representatives, governors, mayors, journalists and academics.
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Electionline
electionline.org, a project of the Pew Center on the States, is the nation’s only nonpartisan, non-advocacy Web site providing up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform.
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Campus Voices
Campus Voices is a nationwide project to show the 2008 election through the eyes of college students. Lots of great videos and multimedia from college students around the country!
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New Voters Project
A nonpartisan effort to register young people and get them to the polls on Election Day.
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Poll Track
Poll Track offers an innovative presidential election map for a snapshot of where things stand and where they are headed in the state-by-state hunt for electoral votes. Armed with public opinion polls, the history and demographics of each state, knowledge of the nation’s geographic and cultural diversity, and common sense and intuition, political director Maurice Berger offers continuous updates and a blog (below map) on the state of the presidential race. Today’s Map Today monitors its current status. Tomorrow’s Map Today charts its momentum in the coming days or weeks. And Election Day Today forecasts its outcome.
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Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program funded entirely through contributions from listeners, viewers, and foundations. Democracy Now! is based on the belief that for true democracy to work, people need easy access to independent, diverse sources of news and information, outside the major corporations that dominate the current mass media.
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Declare Yourself
Declare Yourself is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to empower and encourage every eligible 18-year-old in America to register and vote in the presidential primaries and 2008 presidential election. Using the power of strategic media partnerships, celebrity spokespeople, the sports arena, and most importantly, mobile and Internet technology, Declare Yourself's campaign blankets the landscape of popular culture, as well as universities and high schools, with a simple, clear message: REGISTER and VOTE!
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Campus Vote Initiative
Campus Compact has launched this initiative to encourage higher education institutions to help educate and empower students and to make the process of staying engaged easier throughout the sometimes confusing election season.
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The Political Engagement Project
The Political Engagement Project (PEP) addresses the serious problem of political disengagement in young people and advocates a dramatic increase in college and university efforts to strengthen student interest in politics.
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Democracy Matters
Change elections. Change America.
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Project Vote Smart
Information about elected officials and candidates.
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Center for Politics
The Center for Politics is an interdisciplinary, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the proposition that government works better when politics works better and its corollary that politics works better when citizens are informed and active participants.
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Fair Vote
FairVote acts to transform our elections to achieve universal access to participation, a full spectrum of meaningful ballot choices and majority rule with fair representation for all.
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Your Vote, Your Voice
Resources to help college and universities conduct campus voter registration and education. Lots of great information for students and student organizers!
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Choose or Lose
Choose or Lose is MTV’s Emmy-Award winning campaign to engage, inform and empower young voters on the political issues that matter to them most.
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Youth Vote Overseas
Youth Vote Overseas (YVO) brings you the online tools that will make your overseas voting experience easy and fast. Register to vote, look-up election official contacts, check filing deadlines and access help desk services — it's all here for you at YVO.
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Center on Congress at Indiana University
Resources to improve the public's understanding of Congress and to improve civic engagement.
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