MoCo360: One committee has placed 35% of Montgomery County’s General Assembly delegation in current seats

Joanne Antoine, executive director of Common Cause Maryland, discusses the lack of transparency at the Montgomery County’s Democratic Central Committee.

This article originally appeared in MoCo360 on March 13, 2023 and was written by Steve Bohnel.  

 

Below is Joanne Antoine’s comment on the lack of inclusivity and transparency in the Montgomery County’s Democratic Central Committee’s legislative appointment process.

 

“When you talk to the average voter, and you asked them whether they would have a say [in the process] or even if they know who sits on the central committee, they likely won’t know. … It really isn’t an inclusive, democratic process at all, and in a lot of jurisdictions, it isn’t transparent at all,” said Joanne Antoine, executive director of Common Cause Maryland.

 

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