VOTE411.org provides nonpartisan candidate information, a place to check voter registration, polling place and drop-box locations, and other election information for all voters nationwide. Most of the information is available in English and Spanish, by toggling between languages using a button on the home page of VOTE411.org. Moreover, VOTE411.org offers voters a chance to read and compare responses to queries about local issues from every candidate who will be on the primary election ballot, except those who chose not to respond to the League’s queries.

 

We do not print a Voters' Guide for the Primary, but you can find a printable Voters' Guide as follows:

2026 Primary Voters' Guide in English: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BT-HF7Ve5HzfvUpASdiH1Zc72VLzp6XG/view?usp=sharing

2026 Primary Voters' Guide in Spanish: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HY2S6A9jheKEh0l00wpOJippGPnko9Ye/view?usp=sharing

 

Because there are 14 candidates for the four open seats on the Frederick County School Board, the League is dividing those candidates alphabetically among three separate candidate forums in order to give each candidate ample opportunity to respond to the League’s questions. For updates to possible forum changes, and for details on which candidates have confirmed participation in each forum, refer to the calendar page of the League’s website at https://my.lwv.org/maryland/frederick-county/event/2026-primary-candidate-forums.

 

This is also where the public can learn about additional forums added to the League’s schedule as they are confirmed. The League will provide sign-language interpreters at some of the forums, whenever possible. The forums are all free to attend and open to the public.

 

The virtual forums and the in-person forums will be recorded for future viewing at the calendar page of the League’s website at https://my.lwv.org/maryland/frederick-county/event/2026-primary-candidate-forums and at the League’s YouTube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@frederickcountylwv313/streams ,

 

The schedule of confirmed candidate forums hosted by the League follows.

• April 16, Board of Education virtual forum #1: Maria Carrasco, Casey Day, and Jess Douglass. Recording is at https://www.youtube.com/live/vyZQF-C62PI?si=YoyTckJoZlDVoOuw.
• April 22, State Delegate, District 4 Democratic candidates: Jerry Donald, Andrew Duck, Paul Gilligan, and Alleria Stanley, in person at Middletown library. Recording is at https://www.youtube.com/live/Rj7mzdx1eto?si=aM9_VVokwSkwLOHD.
• April 23, Board of Education forum #2: Heather Fletcher, Nathan Foltz, David Migdal. Recording is at https://www.youtube.com/live/i3EtzLh9bvQ?si=x4F7k8zvbKCfTNbo.
• April 28, Board of Education forum #3, virtual forum at 5:00p. Recording is at: https://www.youtube.com/live/evR-LEjgr6c?si=HRleC6WGv8B5XVuH
• April 28, Board of Education forum #4, virtual forum at 7:00p. Recording is at: https://www.youtube.com/live/dc26mAv9E_k?si=OxjPxyjBNdmmHfPc
• May 1, County Council At Large: Renee Knapp, Sam Newhouse, and Brad Young, in person at ERUCC Community Room, 15 West Church Street, Frederick. Recording is at https://www.youtube.com/live/jOkJB5CDawM?si=Wn-uBFIu9HixfE4E.
• May 12, Sheriff, Democrats: Karl Bickel, Jason Cabel Ciemielewski, and Tony Lawson, 5:30p-8-p, in person at ERUCC Community Room, 15 W. Church Street, Frederick. https://www.youtube.com/live/04nvXj60lRc?si=9j3AvxA3F2xcj10e.
• May 13, County Council District #2, Democrats: Shelly Beaird-Francois and Jamie Shopland, 6:00 p, Virtual Forum. Recording is at: https://www.youtube.com/live/LSS_Qdq26vA?si=AiXaFmA9mv-RDG1g
• May 14, County Council District #2 Republicans: Cancelled. The LWV does not hold forums where only one candidate will participate in the forum.
• May 21, County Council District #3 Democrats: Christian Benford and Natasha Valencia, 6:00 p, Virtual Forum. Recording is at: https://youtu.be/SB6nD6MBoW0
• May 26, County Council District 1, Democrats: Jenn Alcorn, Louisa Conklin, and Eric Smothers, 5:30-7:30 p, in person at Richland Golf Club (50 Glenbrook Drive, Middletown).Recording is at: https://www.youtube.com/live/zoZArsCOZMk?si=NAaWzlXTFiblHxeQ
• May 28, County Executive Republicans: Diane Fouche and William Holtzinger, 4:00 p, Virtual Forum. Recording is at: https://youtube.com/live/w7t7ofrxpvk
• June 4, Sheriff, Republicans: Chuck Jenkins and Gary Morton. 5:30p-8-p, in person at ERUCC Community Room, 15 W. Church Street, Frederick. 

These forums have not yet been scheduled:

• Tentatively June 9, US Congressional District #6 Republicans: Anita Mpambara Cox, Donald L. Lech, Cheryl Riley, and Michael Yadeta, in person Forum at ERUCC Community Room, 15 W. Church Street, Frederick.
• Tentatively June 1, US Congressional District #6 Democrats: George Gluck, Alexis Goldstein, Daniel Krakower, April McClain Delaney, David Trone, Ethan Wechtaluk, Kiambo “Bo” White, and A. Mark Wilks, in person at ERUCC Community Room, 15 W. Church Street, Frederick