Understanding Local Elections

About this episode

This episode provides a behind-the-scenes look at how local elections are run in Charles County.

Ever wonder what really goes into running a local election? In this episode of Inside Your County Government, host Doria Fleischer sits down with Wade Beswick, the newly appointed Director of the Charles County Board of Elections, for a behind-the-scenes look at how elections work in Charles County. Wade breaks down everything from voter registration and early voting to election security, ballot counting, and what it takes to train over 700 election judges. He also shares how you can get invo...

People in this episode

Host: Doria Fleischer

Guest: Wade Beswick

Topics covered

• local elections
• voter registration
• election security
• ballot counting
• election judges
• early voting

Keywords

• local elections
• voter registration
• election security
• ballot counting
• election judges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Charles County Board of Elections

Places: Charles County

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