League of Women Voters of Frederick County to

host live online candidate forums

The League of Women Voters of Frederick County is hosting live/online candidate forums right now. These forums continue the League's long-standing tradition of offering nonpartisan election information to help voters make informed decisions at the ballot box. The candidates are running in two races that will appear on the ballot this election cycle. Early voting for the primary election will be May 2-9. Primary election day is set for May 14. Early voting for the General election will be October 24-31. The General election day is November 5. 

See the events listed below for details about each forum.

All forums will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and available for viewing live on the League of Women Voters' YouTube page at: https://www.youtube.com/@frederickcountylwv313/streams.

The League will record the forums and  post them all on the Leagues' YouTube page at: https://www.youtube.com/@frederickcountylwv313/videos, its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/FrederickCountyLWV/videos, and on the League’s main website at https://my.lwv.org/maryland/frederick-county. 

Moderators for the forums will be Dr. Betty Mayfield, Hood College professor emerita of mathematics; and Dr. Michael Powell, currently a judge on the Frederick County Orphans' Court, and a retired professor of history/political science. Drs. Mayfield and Powell will ask each candidate a wide range of policy questions in random order, providing voters valuable insight that will help them decide which candidates should earn their vote.

Except for School Board candidates, the League has not invited candidates other than Democratic or Republican to participate in the primary-season candidate forums since candidates in other parties will not appear on the primary ballot. The Board of Education election is non-partisan, and any registered voter in Frederick County, whether associated with a party or not, may vote in it.

In addition to watching the forums, the League encourages voters to visit VOTE411.org for verbatim comments from candidates in response to questions important to voters, available now to voters throughout the world 24/7 through an interactive, community-specific online Voters' Guide. The League is encouraged candidates to provide answers at VOTE411.org in both English and Spanish. Voters can find a copy of the Frederick County Primary Guide to read, download, and even print, at Frederick 2024 Primary Voters' Guide.