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Sue Krause and guest at legislative breakfast 2023

Legislative Breakfast 12-2-23 Sue Krause and guest

Sue Krause and guest at legislative breakfast 2023

Annette and Margaret at legislative breakfast 2023

Legislative Breakfast 12-2-23 Annette and Margaret

Annette and Margaret at legislative breakfast 2023

County Executive Fitzwater at legislative breakfast 2023

Legislative Breakfast 12-2-23 County Executive Fitzwater

County Executive Fitzwater at legislative breakfast 2023

Sarah asks a question at the legislative breakfast 2023

Legislative Brunch 12-2-23 Sarah asks a question

Sarah asks a question at the legislative breakfast 2023

Attendees at the Ranked Choice Voting Forum 11-29-23

Ranked Choice Voting Forum - attendance

Attendees at the Ranked Choice Voting Forum 11-29-23

Walter Olson speaking at the Ranked Choice Voting Forum 11-29-23

Ranked Choice Voting Forum - Walter Olson

Walter Olson speaking at the Ranked Choice Voting Forum 11-29-23

Jeremy Rose speaking at the Ranked Choice Voting Forum 11-29-23

Ranked Choice Voting Forum - Jeremy Rose, Fair Vote

Jeremy Rose speaking at the Ranked Choice Voting Forum 11-29-23

Barbara Wagner speaking at the Ranked Choice Voting Forum 11-29-23

Ranked Choice Voting Forum - Barbara Wagner

Barbara Wagner speaking at the Ranked Choice Voting Forum 11-29-23

Jill Griffith and Sue Krause at the Hispanic Festival October 7, 2023

2023 Hispanic Festival

League of Women Voters members Jill Griffith and Sue Krause at the 2023 Hispanic Festival in Frederick 

Anthony Gutierrez of the Frederick County Board of Elections at the League of Women Voters of Maryland Annual meeting in Frederick Md 2023

Anthony Gutierrez of the Frederick County Board of Elections

At the League of Women Voters of Maryland Annual meeting in Frederick Md 2023

Frederick League Members at the Delta Community event

Frederick League members in the community

Jill, Patti and Annette at the Delta Community event June 2023

Recognition of League's commitment to ethics reform

Welcome to the League of Women Voters of Frederick County!

County Executive Jan Gardener and County Council President MC Keegan-Ayer Recognizing the League's efforts on ethics reform.

Link to video
Frederick County League of Women Voters Members

Welcome to the League of Women Voters of Frederick County!

Celebrating our ties to Hood College

Frederick County

League of Women Voters of Frederick County to

host live online candidate forums

The League of Women Voters of Frederick County plans to host live/online candidate forums in April. The forums will 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. 

The League’s forums are scheduled as follows: 

Board of Education forums will be April 25 and 30. There are 17 candidates running for three open School Board seats. The League will divide the candidates into two groups alphabetically and will host half the candidates at each of these two forums.

Congress, District 6 forums will be split into several events. The League will split the 16 Democratic candidates alphabetically into forums on April 11, 16 and 23. The League will host the seven Republican candidates in a forum on April 18.

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/videosits 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 will not invite 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. By April 1, the League’s VOTE411.org platform will be available to voters throughout the world 24/7 through an interactive, community-specific online Voters' Guide. The League is encouraging candidates to provide answers at VOTE411.org in both English and Spanish.

The League of Women Voters of Frederick County is a nonpartisan organization that encourages informed and active participation in government. The League focuses on empowering voters and defending democracy, while working to increase understanding of major local, state, and national issues.

Be Informed. Vote Informed. Vote411

The League of Women Voters of Frederick County is working with the national and state Leagues to offer non-partisan candidate information through the online Voters' Guide at VOTE411.org. The League has a long tradition of publishing the verbatim responses of candidates to questions important to voters. The online database VOTE411.org can assist Maryland citizens as they prepare for the Primary Election on May 14 and the General Election on November 5.

Remember Absentee Ballots? Maryland now calls them Mail-in Ballots, and you can still get them from the same place. 

Click here: https://frederickcountymd.gov/1671/Forms 

Click on: Application for a Mail-in Ballot

Print out the instructions, application, and state election board addresses (you can use your correct election board address if you live outside of Frederick County). 

The 2024 Elections Are Coming

The advanced deadline to register to vote, update your registration, or change your party affiliation is 21 days before the the Primary (Tuesday, April 23, 2024), and again before the General election (Tuesday, October 15, 2024). If you miss the deadline or a change happens within the 21-day period, you can also register or update your information during early voting or on election day.

The League of Women Voters of Frederick County

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, but political, organization fully committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in principle and in practice. We encourage the informed and active participation of citizens in government, work to increase understanding of major policy issues, and influence public policy through education and advocacy.

Event Date: 
May 20 2024 05:00 pm
Event location: 

C. Burr Artz Library

The May Board meeting will be held on Monday, May 20, at 5pm in person at the C. Burr Artz Library, and on Zoom:

Event Date: 
Apr 16 2024 02:00 pm
Event location: 

C. Burr Artz Central Library STEM Lab

Learn voting basics for this election year!