Saturday, November 12, 2016

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1 November 2016 Join us in Celebration of our Nation s Veterans, at Ellicott City s 2nd Annual Veteran s Day Parade! Saturday, November 12, :00 a.m. A Tribute to Veterans Form up - 9AM, at St Peter's Church, Rogers Ave. Step off - approximately 11AM. Parade route - Down Rogers Ave., left onto Frederick Rd., to the traffic light at Ellicott Mills Blvd., then left onto Ellicott Mills Blvd, up to a right into parking lot "F" (where we started last year). We need parade marchers to represent the LWVHC on Nov. 12. Contact the office at or info@howard.lwvmd.org so we can report how many participants we will have. November Unit Meetings Legislative Districts in Maryland - Single or Multi-Member? 11/16 Wed Unit Meeting, Vantage House, study and consensus Pertaining to LWVMD Primary System Study about Single v Multi-Member elections districts for MD, Part I of Primary Election Stem Study, 9:30 am 11/17 Thurs Unit Meeting, Oakland Manor, study and consensus Pertaining to LWVMD Primary System Study about Single v Multi-Member elections districts for MD, Part I of Primary Election Stem Study, 7 pm STUDY GUIDE BEGINS ON PAGE 6 OF THIS EDITION OF THE VOTER. More info at OUR howard.lwvmd.org WEBSITE ADDRESS IS CURRENTLY NOT WORKING FOR SOME PEOPLE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS IT PLEASE USE lwvhc.wordpress.com OR lwvhowardmd.org FOR THE LWVHC WEBSITE. THANK YOU. Calendar Nov. 3, Thurs. 7:00 p.m. LWVHC Board Meeting Nov. 8, Tues. General Election Nov. 9, Wed. 7:00 p.m. Great Decisions Nov. 11, Fri. Veterans Day LWVHC office closed Nov. 12, Sat. 11:00 a.m. Veterans Day Parade Nov. 13, Sun. 3:00 p.m. LWVHC Program: Refuges Nov. 16 & 17 Unit Meetings LWVHC 5430 Vantage Point Road Suite C Columbia, MD Phone/Fax info@howard.lwvmd.org The League of Women Voters is where hands-on work to safeguard democracy leads to civic improvement.

2 President s Message 2 The most important message that I can provide this month is to ask each of you to please make democracy work and vote!! Early voting begins October 27 and ends November 3, Election Day is November 8, ~Lillie Gallant, President, LWVHC The next Great Decisions meeting is on Wednesday, November 9, 7:00, with the video starting promptly at 7:30, at the Cripe's home, Catterskill Court, Columbia, The topic is Cuba and the United States. Phone: , janiscripe@aol.com Magnetic, Personalized LWV Name Tags Available By Andrea Morris Gruhl When attending a League of Women Voters event, a member is frequently expected to wear a name tag. You may be concerned about the damage to your best clothing from repeated puncturing to pin a name tag or residual glue on clothing from adhesive name tags. Dr.Renate Soulen, a new LWVHC member recently moved here from Michigan, where a local League engaged a manufacturer to produce an attractive metal name tag that affixes to one s clothing via a magnetic bar on the inner surface of one s garment. The surface of the rectangular tag is white. A red line runs horizontally across the tag s middle. Above the line is the blue national LWV logo containing its red slash. Beside the logo is printed in black lettering League of Women Voters. Beneath the red line also in black lettering is one s name. Each pin costs about $10, but there is a reduced cost if we order more than 25 at once. If you are interested in acquiring such a personalized, magnetic name tag, please contact Andrea Gruhl (andreagruhl@aol.com) by December 2. Those responding affirmatively will be notified of the final cost after we know how many of us want to order the name tags Board of Directors Officers President Lillie Gallant Vice President Carole Conors Secretary Michelle Rice Trotter Treasurer Barbara Russell Directors Roxanne Hughes-Wheatland & Jean Israel, Membership Patricia Laidig, Communications Patricia Gordon, Education Vacant, Program Betsy Singer, Environment Linda Wengel, Voter Serv./Poll Eval. Barb Krupiarz, Action Vacant Position, Voter Serv./Guides Off Board Nancy Berla, Publications/Scrip Sue Buswell, Great Decisions Janis Cripe, Great Decisions Andrea Gruhl, LWVNCA Liaison Barbara Johnson, Voter Serv./Guides Andrea Wilmoth, Webmaster Nominating Committee Nancy Berla Jean Israel Joan Yurecsko Articles, news, reports, and photos should be submitted by the 15 th of each month for inclusion in the VOTER newsletter. Please submit in Word format to: lwvhowardcounty@gmail.com We look forward to hearing from you!

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5 5 VOTE411 provides the election information you need. Are you ready to vote in November? The League of Women Voters is here to help. At VOTE411.org, voters in DC, Maryland, and Virginia can access important information on the upcoming November election including voting hours and locations, a guide to the candidates, and information on ballot questions. One of the more common reasons why people don't vote is a lack of information. The League of Women Voters online voter service, VOTE411.org, answers common questions about candidate qualifications, the ballot, polling places and administrative rules. VOTE411.org is the most complete source of information on candidates and issues. Get your personalized ballot. Enter your address and VOTE411 will provide details on where you need to go to vote, when you voting location is open, and what will be on your ballot. Besides giving you information about candidates and issues, Know before you go! Get Candidate Information. At VOTE411 you'll find candidates' answers to policy questions the League asked those running in national, state, and local elections in our area. You can compare candidates' experience and answers to help you decide how to vote. And you can see which candidates chose not to answer the League's questions. Learn about local and state ballot measures. VOTE411 also provides explanations of any ballot questions you will see on election day. We provide unbiased information ballot measures on your ballot, and give the pros and cons for each issue. VOTE411 provides information for voters to decide for themselves. The League of Women Voters has run VOTE411.org since Over 3 million Americans will turn to VOTE411 this year to help them get ready to vote. The website is mobile-friendly, and you can also print or your choices to make voting a smart, smooth process. VOTE411.org

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19 LWVHC Membership Corner 19 LWVHC Membership Corner by Roxanne Hughes-Wheatland or contact League office, IT S TIME TO RENEW YOUR LWV MEMBERSHIP Most memberships with LWVHC expired on April 30, The only exceptions are : new members who joined between Jan. 1 and March 31, Your dues are valid until April 30, Many of our members have recently renewed their membership, If you aren t sure whether your membership in LWV has expired, please call Gina at our office and she can answer your question. June 30 th is our renewal deadline. Beginning July 1 st those who haven t renewed will be listed as 'inactive' in our records. Our Howard County League needs you and your dues so that we can continue our work and achieve our goals. The League of Women Voters: Where hands-on work to safeguard democracy leads to civic improvement. Our League is growing... but we always need to keep adding members. YOU can help. It's simple: ASK anyone of voting age who has an interest in the topics and issues LWV works on to join us. Don t be shy give it a try! Moving? Address, phone or change? Please be sure to contact Gina at our office if your information changes ( or info@howard.lwvmd.org). We do so much by these days. Be sure yours is up-to-date. Stay in touch Roxanne MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION / RENEWAL FORM - (Membership Year May 1, 2016 April 30, 2017) Date: Name: Address: Telephone : (Hm) (Wk) (Cell) $60.00 INDIVIDUAL one-year membership $82.50 HOUSEHOLD one-year membership (for two members who share an address) $20.00 STUDENT Contribution of $ Please make checks payable to LWVHC Mail to League of Women Voters of Howard County, Inc., 5430 Vantage Point Rd, Suite C, Columbia, MD (Dues are NOT tax deductible. To make a tax-deductible contribution, please write check to LWVHCEF.)

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