Voter Registration & Future Vote
MCPS has continued to have a long-standing relationship with the Montgomery County Board of Elections, collaborating on voter registration drives and supporting the Future Vote program. In 2023, the MCPS Board of Education passed a resolution requiring the school district to promote voter registration and civic engagement education.
Future Vote
Future Vote allows middle and high school students to volunteer at an election site and help make voting smoother for voters. This role is separate from being an election judge (a full election poll worker) because there are restrictions on the equipment that ineligible voters may use. Eligible high school students, however, may work as an election judge.
Student Election Aides
Student Election Aides dispense voting-related literature, staff the checkout counter, indicate restrooms and polling-room exits, help voters in wheelchairs, and set up/clean up the polling site. They must be sensitive and polite with all voters, including those with special needs, and provide information and/or assistance in a second language or American Sign Language if possible. All middle and high school students may serve as Student Election Aides.
Election Worker
Adults and students can earn up to $250 or 25 SSL credits per day if they serve as an election worker. Election workers must be U.S. citizens, registered to vote, live in Maryland, at least 16 years old, and have a valid Maryland Driver’s license, Learner’s Permit, or MVA identification card. To receive payment, students must know the last 4 digits of their Social Security Number.
School Visit Schedule
Staff from the Board of Elections will visit MCPS Schools to meet with students, provide voter registration information, and recruit students to serve as student election aides at the election polls.
| High School | Fall Visit Day | Spring Visit Day |
| Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS | Sept. 26-27, 2024 | April 2, 2025 |
| Montgomery Blair HS | Sept. 3-4, 2024 | April 17, 2025 |
| James Hubert Blake HS | Sept. 24-25, 2024 | April 15, 2025 |
| Winston Churchill HS | Sept. 17-18, 2024 | May 28, 2025 |
| Clarksburg HS | Sept. 19-20, 2024 | April 3, 2025 |
| Damascus HS | Oct. 8-9, 2024 | April 9, 2025 |
| Albert Einstein HS | Sept. 12-13, 2024 | April 1, 2025 |
| Gaithersburg HS | Oct. 3-4, 2024 | April 10, 2025 |
| John F. Kennedy HS | Oct. 1-2, 2024 | April 25, 2025 |
| Col. Zadok Magruder HS | Sept. 5-6, 2024 | April 8, 2025 |
| Northwest HS | Oct. 10-11, 2024 | April 22, 2025 |
| Northwood HS | Sept. 10-11, 2024 | April 23, 2025 |
| Paint Branch HS | Oct. 15-16, 2024 | April 24, 2025 |
| Poolesville HS | Sept. 23-24, 2024 | April 29, 2025 |
| Quince Orchard HS | Oct. 17-18, 2024 | April 30, 2025 |
| RICA-Jon Gildner Regional Institute | Sept. 30, 2024 | May 1, 2025 |
| Richard Montgomery HS | Oct. 22-23, 2024 | May 6, 2025 |
| Rock Terrace | Oct. 21, 2024 | |
| Rockville HS | Oct. 29-30, 2024 | May 7, 2025 |
| Seneca Valley HS | Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2024 | May 8, 2025 |
| Sherwood HS | Oct. 24-25, 2024 | May 13, 2025 |
| Springbrook HS | Oct. 16-17, 2024 | May 14, 2025 |
| Walter Johnson HS | Sept. 25-26, 2024 | May 21, 2025 |
| Watkins Mill HS | Oct. 7-8, 2024 | May 22, 2025 |
| Wheaton HS | Oct. 28-29, 2024 | May 27, 2025 |
| Walt Whitman HS | Sept. 11-12, 2024 | May 20, 2025 |
| Thomas S. Wootton HS | Oct. 2-3, 2024 | May 15, 2025 |