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NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Ocean City Today
OCEAN CITY ELECTION
Voters to select three for City Council seats By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (Nov. 4, 2022) As Mayor Rick Meehan slides into an eighth consecutive term with no challenger, two incumbents and two newcomers will battle it out on Tuesday for election to three Ocean City Council seats. Registered city voters can cast ballots between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the Ocean City convention center on 40th
Street, where signs have been on display for candidates and local ballot questions since last week. The ballot will contain only Meehan’s name running for Rick Meehan mayor, while Matt James, Mark Paddack, Carol Proctor and Will Savage are listed as the
council contestants. The council candidates’ names are listed in alphabetical order and the ballot instructs voters to select no more than three. James, 29, is the current council president running for a third consecutive four-year term. He was the highest voter getter in his last two elections, and made history in 2014 by earning the highest
percentage of votes over his opponents ever recorded. Along with serving as council president since November 2002, James is the chairman of the Tourism Commission, and a member of both the Police Commission and Pension Committee. He has lived in Ocean City since he was a child and is the son of Carousel See MEEHAN Page 6
Turnout in last resort election seriously low Continued from Page 1 expected within the next hour or two. The municipal ballot is relatively concise, with just four people running for three open council seats and the mayor running unopposed. Voters will also decide on granting raises to the mayor and council members and vote on whether the city should dedicate a specified portion of room tax revenues to tourism and advertising. The ballot does not contain space for write-in candidates and only registered voters can participate. City Clerk Diana Chavis said in an
email Monday that no official early voting site exists for the municipal election, but that city residents can vote by mail or in person with absentee ballots until 5 p.m., Nov. 7. Chavis said members of the city’s board of supervisors of elections will conduct the election and tally the results. Board members will certify the results and the chairperson will read them into the record at an organizational meeting on Nov. 10. Numbers released in August showed that Ocean City had a total 7,034 of both active and inactive registered voters. In the last election in
2020, 1,528 residents voted, which was a low turnout. In 2018 — the last time these three council seats were on the ballot — the voter turnout was 2,566. During that election, Council President Matt James, who is running for reelection, received the highest number of votes. Councilman Mark Paddack trailed in second and Councilman Lloyd Martin secured the third seat. Paddack is on this year’s ballot but Martin opted not to run for reelection. Newcomers Will Savage and Carol Proctor will also appear on Tuesday’s
ballot. Mayor Rick Meehan is running unopposed for an eighth consecutive two-year term. The universal registration deadline for the Nov. 8 election was Oct. 18, but Chavis said members of the city’s board of supervisors of elections can decide whether to allow someone not on the registered voter data file provided by the county to vote in the municipal election. For more information about the city’s election, visit oceancitymd.gov/oc/departments/ci ty-clerk/election/
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