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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The At Large members are from Takoma Park, Silver Spring (2), not sure on Albonoz,  As I understand it, there are those who view these as more progressive.  With Erlich, who won by a few votes, then you have another influence from Takoma Park.  For those less progressive democrats, like in a Gaithersburg, etc, they feel like their voices are drowned out by a concentration of the council with at large roles.   I have never heard the intent to switch to republicans as no one sees that every likely in any scenario.

Not saying right or wrong, just the views I have heard pre COVID, when this petition was being discussed in our neighborhood. [/quote]

To be honest, I don't understand the idea that voters keep electing at-large members who don't live in the upcounty, therefore we have to get rid of the at-large system. Actually it's kind of the same as the idea that voters keep re-electing so-and-so, therefore we need term limits.

Also, the county executive's name is Elrich, and he won by many votes. The results were:

Elrich 259,901 (64.7%)
Floreen 76,092 (19.0%)
Ficker 65,096 (16.2%)[/quote]

These general election results are not really relevant to this discussion.  The telling number is that Elrich beat Blair in the primary by only 80 votes or so.[/quote]

Of course they're relevant to the discussion. People could have voted for Floreen. But she only get 19% of the votes.[/quote]

Not as a third party candidate.  Very few of those are elected in any election.  Not a valid argument.[/quote]

It's a valid argument; it's just not one you like. Floreen wasn't an underfunded unknown, she was a 12-year at-large councilmember with a lot of campaign financing. The Floreen-supporters saw the close results in the primary and thought that this was their chance. But it wasn't. If all of the people who voted for Ficker had instead voted for Floreen, Elrich would still have won with two-thirds of the vote.

I didn't vote for Elrich in the primary. I did vote for Elrich in the general election, and not because he had (D) after his name, either. Because he was a better option than either of his opponents.

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