League of Women Voters of Frederick County Candidate Forums as recorded

The League of Women Voters of Frederick County hosted live/online candidate forums in preparation for the Maryland Primary election. 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 on May 14. Although this is posted as an event, it is available for you to use at any time to review what a candidate said during our forums in April. This is to help prepare for the General election day is November 5. We will be conductiong additional forums in the fall before the general election, so kep an eye on our homepage for those forums.

You can find all of the League of Women Voters of Frederick County Forums on our YouTube page at: https://www.youtube.com/@frederickcountylwv313/streams
on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/FrederickCountyLWV/videos

There are 2 for the Board of Education, and 4 for the District 6 Congressional candidate forums.

But if you are looking for a particular video here is a list with the direct links to the videos on Facebook and YouTube, as well as the candidates who participated for each forum.

Frederick County Board of Education Forum April 30
Candidates: Janie Monier, Cecelia Morre Reidler, Raya Remondini, Navian Scarlett, Angie Vigliotti, Chad King Wilson, Patti Lee Worsley
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/zizxPKNpt2k?si=OKRJ-3QVyDtOFMku
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrederickCountyLWV/videos/1112840966435309/

Frederick County Board of Education Forum April 25
Candidates: Mahesh Aitha, Jerry Alexandratos, Josh Bokee, Jaime Kiersen Brennan, Veronica Lowe, Paul Fairfield
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/_oJM3MijptU?si=lca7p2tJkUBtQcu3
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrederickCountyLWV/videos/453791513785898/

Congressional District 6 Representative Candidate Forum April 23
Candidates: Laurie-Anne Sayles, Joe Vogel, Kiambo "Bo" White
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/lnc9viu1ZpE?si=3Y-2_iRzpuciAxho
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrederickCountyLWV/videos/793746815694760/

Congressional District 6 Representative Candidate Forum April 18
Candidates: Chris Hyser, Mariela Roca, Brenda J Thiam
YouTube: https://youtu.be/YAQuQ3l3Qd8
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrederickCountyLWV/videos/976104690601551/

Congressional District 6 Representative Candidate Forum April 16
Candidates: April McClain Delany, George Gluck
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/tRv0piLfWLM?si=P26Unpe9iEOZsbaW
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrederickCountyLWV/videos/362379736796827/

Congressional District 6 Representative Candidate Forum April 11
Paul Choharis, Ashwani Jain, Lesley J Lopez
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/DRW7HyRlwUE?si=S7M66spA5JzcxX25
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrederickCountyLWV/videos/1132221101292668

Moderators for the forums were 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, and Dr. Sara Malec. The moderators asked 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 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. The Guide will be updated before the General Election and will be available in a paper Guide as well.