Candidate scorecard released with positions on Purple Line

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From Ben Ross, Action Committee for Transit:

The Action Committee for Transit today released its candidate scorecard, which compiles the positions of candidates on the Purple Line and other transit issues in an easy-to-use chart. All candidates running for state and local office in contested Montgomery County primaries are included in the scorecard.

ACT plans to distribute 35,000 printed scorecards at Metro stations, by mail, and door to door. An additional 15,000 scorecards, showing candidate positions on Beltway widening and the Purple Line, will be distributed door to door by the Citizens Against Beltway Expansion.

Political observers point to several winning candidates in the 2002 and 1998 elections for whom the ACT scorecard provided the margin of victory. With the Purple Line now a leading campaign issue, and with augmented distribution, the scorecard is expected to be even more influential this year.

The full scorecard is available on line.

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