Community members can weigh in on Feb. 4 on a proposal to change the minimum legal voting age in College Park from 18 to 16.
The College Park City Council will hold a public hearing during its regular...
By STELLA GARNER
Ranked choice voting has been a topic of much debate nationwide — as well as in Hyattsville. In late August, Hyattsville City Councilmembers Danny Schaible (Ward 2), Sam Denes (Ward...
By SHARON O’MALLEY
The College Park City Council in July directed its staff to come up with a proposal to allow 16- and 17-year-old residents to vote in city elections.
At the same meeting on July...
By Lydia Hurley
Residents and College Park’s elected officials are gearing up for the Nov. 5 citywide election.
In addition to electing a new mayor and councilmembers, voters will be able to weigh...
By Griffin Limerick
In a way, it started at a conference for young people.
Back in 2014, at a Young Elected Officials Network conference convened for public officeholders under the age of 35, Patrick...
By Jon Donville and Kit Slack
On April 1, Vish Bhatt became the third candidate to register to run for mayor of the City of Hyattsville. Interim Mayor Robert S. Croslin filed first, on March 21, the...
The Hyattsville Life & Times reached out to all candidates registered to run in the city’s 2021 municipal elections. You’ll find their statements in this section, listed by ward in numeric order....
The unofficial results of the 2019 Hyattsville City Council elections were announced around 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7 at the City Building. All three incumbent candidates held on to their seats for...
By KRISSI HUMBARD — Hyattsville wants to make it easy for residents to vote. Over the years, the voting age was lowered to 16, council voted to allow non-citizens to vote in city elections, and this...
Residents are eligible to vote in City of Hyattsville elections if they are at least 16 years of age; have been a resident of the city for at least 30 days; do not claim the right to vote elsewhere in...
By ROXANNE READY — Members of the Hyattsville City Council updated the city’s election code in December 2018 to distribute vote-by-mail ballots earlier, make it easier to report suspected campaign...
By EMILY STRAB — While the City of Hyattsville is not holding an election this year — municipal elections take place every two years on odd-numbered years — there are quite a few Hyattsville...
