Voter Turnout Low in Upper Marlboro Election

Apparently, the snow did not deter Upper Marlboro town residents from going to the polls. Or did it?

As of 7:30 p.m. Monday, 53 people cast their votes in the , an increase from the 38 people who voted in 2010, town clerk M. David Williams wrote in an email to Patch. Still, that's just a small fraction of the town's population of 631 residents.

While commissioners Stephen F. Sonnett, Joseph A. Hourcle and James Storey ran unopposed this year, they still wanted a strong turnout. As the commissioners saw it, a strong turnout meant residents cared about local politics, and that interest could stop the county from demolishing the Old Marlboro Elementary School. 

Town officials will certify the vote count and post the results on its homepage at about 9 p.m. Monday, Williams said.