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Mary Sue talks to Future Voters at Hispanic Heritage Festival 2025

Mary Sue talks to Future Voters at Hispanic Heritage Festival 2025

Mary Sue talks to Future Voters at Hispanic Heritage Festival 2025

Polly Fran Sue Jill at No Kings protest in Frederick Oct 2025

Polly Fran Sue Jill at No Kings protest in Frederick Oct 2025

Polly Fran Sue Jill at No Kings protest in Frederick Oct 2025

Kate speaks, No Kings protest, Frederick 2025

Kate speaks, No Kings protest, Frederick 2025

Kate speaks, No Kings protest, Frederick 2025

2025 Indonesia culinary festival Pat and Sandra, members

2025 Indonesia culinary festival Pat and Sandra, members

2025 Indonesia culinary festival Pat and Sandra, members

Ginnie Kiesewetter and Sue Kunkel at In the Streets 2025

Ginnie Kiesewetter and Sue Kunkel at In the Streets 2025

Ginnie Kiesewetter and Sue Kunkel at In the Streets 2025

George Polly Sarah Lauri Anne at John Lewis event July 17 2025

George Polly Sarah Lauri Anne at John Lewis event

George Polly Sarah Lauri Anne at John Lewis event

Betty and Walter, members, at Pride 2025

Betty and Walter, members, at Pride 2025

Betty and Walter, members, at Pride 2025

City Council District 3 Forum 2025

City Council District 3 Forum 2025

City Council District 3 Forum 2025

Ellen at Oakdale High School registering new voters

Ellen at Oakdale High School registering new voters

Ellen at Oakdale High School registering new voters

Cathryn Jackson of CASA speaks to members at the 2025 Annual Meeting

Cathryn Jackson of CASA speaks to members at the 2025 Annual Meeting

Cathryn Jackson of CASA speaks to members at the 2025 Annual Meeting

Sebastian Brown Talks about ICE and 287g policy

Sebastian Brown Talks about ICE and 287(g) policy

Sebastian Brown Talks about ICE and 287(g) policy

Sue Krause and Sue Kunkel at National Teach Truth Day of Action

Sue Krause and Sue Kunkel at National Teach Truth Day of Action

Sue Krause and Sue Kunkel at National Teach Truth Day of Action at First Saturday in Frederick

Jill with diapers for Centro Hispano de Frederick

Jill with diapers for Centro Hispano de Frederick

Jill with diapers for Centro Hispano de Frederick at 2025 Annual meeting

New Leadership Team

Frederick County Leadership Team

Nannette Onley Hobson, Second Vice President, Sue Kunkel, Treasurer, Katherine J. Jones, President, Patricia Connor, First Vice President

Frederick County

The Year Ahead

What's next? Politics never ends. This just in:

2026 Important Election Dates

               2026 Municipal Elections

TOWN

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

DATE OF ELECTION

Middletown

March 13, 2026

April 6, 2026

Myersville

April 20, 2026

May 11, 2026

Walkersville

August 17, 2026

September 14, 2026

(Note: Dates are subject to change. Information is current as of 2/6/2026.)

The MD legislature is now done, we await the Governor's signatures or vetoes on the bills that have been passed. You can follow the action on the Maryland govenrment website: Home Page. It can be a confusing and frustrating site to navigate. Please start with the excellent videos about how to use it at: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Information/VideoTutorials.For a more general introduction, see https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Information/Text/about_mga.

We are gearing up for this year's mid-term elections. More about that after our Board meeting Monday, March, 16 at the C. Burr Artz Library at 5:00 p.m.Members are welcome to attend the Board meeting in person or by Zoom.  For details see below. 

Event Date: 
04/18/2026 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Event location: 

Thurmont Regional Library Community, and by Zoom

Our Annual Meeting is now scheduled for April 18, 2026, at the Thurmont Regional Library Community Room from 12:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. Lunch will be served. Do feel free to bring your own. Also, please bring a box of diapers.

Event Date: 
05/18/2026 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Event location: 

C. Burr Artz Conference Room, and by Zoom

The May  2026 Board meeting will be at the C. Burr Artz Conference Room on Monday, May 18, at 5 pm in person at the usual C.

Action Alerts

In January 2026 the Frederick County Council approved the Critical Digital Infrastructure Overlay (CDI) Ordinance 26-01-001, encompassing approximately 2,600 acres where data centers can be located.

Action Alerts

We have created a Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/4377811165778991

Members can go there to join if they are on Facebook.

Member running a voter registration event

Join the League of Women Voters and be part of the solution! Everyone is welcome!

In the 1960s LWVFC members:

Event Date: 
04/18/2026 - 7:00pm

We are busily scheduling our forums for the 2026 Primary election in Frederick. This is the page where links to our videos of the 2026 candiates forums can be found, once the recordings are completed.