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March 2026 Speaker Series & Monthly Meeting
Ranked Choice Voting
LWVAAC's third monthly meeting of the year will be held on Wednesday, March 11 at the Southern District Police Department, 35 Stepneys Lane, Edgewater, MD 21037. Guest speaker Josh Kurtz, will discuss ranked choice voting.
Josh Kurtz is a veteran chronicler of Maryland politics and government as well as founder of Maryland Matters, a 9-year-old nonprofit news website that covers Maryland government and politics. He began covering the State House in 1995 for The Gazette newspapers in Montgomery County and has been writing about state and local politics ever since. He was an editor at Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper, for eight years, and for eight years was the editor of E&E Daily, which covers energy and environmental policy on Capitol Hill. Kurtz has also worked as a reporter in New Mexico, New York and Wisconsin, and spent three years in an apprentice program for the New York Times. Josh has a BA in History from the University of Wisconsin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University. The LWVAAC mission of championing voting rights and supporting democracy has never been more important. Growing our membership and engaging the community is critical in meeting this mission, and you can help by inviting friends and family to join you at our monthly meetings! As always, we look forward to learning together and engaging with you in the coming year. See you on March 11!
Snow date: LWVAAC follows the AACPS weather closure schedule. In the event public schools are closed for weather on March 11, our monthly meeting will be rescheduled. Please check this webpage and your email for an announcement.
LWVAAC's Speaker Series and Monthly Meetings are regularly held the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at a public venue in Anne Arundel County. Attendance is free and all are welcome. Contact Karen at [email protected] with questions or topic suggestions.
WHENMarch 11, 2026 at 7:00pm1 rsvp rsvpWHERESouthern District Police Department
35 Stepneys Ln
Edgewater, MD 21037
United States
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February 2026 Speaker Series & Monthly Meeting
Unaffiliated voters and Maryland's primary elections
LWVAAC's second monthly meeting of the year will be held on Wednesday, February 11 at the Annapolis Friends Meeting House, 351 DuBois Road, Annapolis 21401. Guest speaker Jared DeMarinis, State Administrator of Elections, will discuss unaffiliated voters and Maryland's primary elections.
Jared DeMarinis became Maryland’s State Administrator of Elections in 2023 after unanimous selection by the bipartisan, five-member State Board of Elections. Previously, he served as Maryland’s Director of Candidacy and Campaign Finance. In that position, he took a proactive approach to election administration in campaign finance, making Maryland a model state for the use of new technologies by campaigns, campaign disclosure and enforcement. Jared has served as an election observer in various countries, has been published in The New York Times, written a book on the history of the Electoral College in Maryland, and presented at national conferences. Jared has a law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark and a Bachelor’s degree from Villanova University.The LWVAAC mission of championing voting rights and supporting democracy has never been more important. Growing our membership and engaging the community is critical in meeting this mission, and you can help by inviting friends and family to join you at our monthly meetings! Click here for a flyer to share. As always, we look forward to learning together and engaging with you in the coming year. See you on February 11!
Snow date: LWVAAC follows the AACPS weather closure schedule. In the event public schools are closed for weather on February 11, our monthly meeting will be held Wednesday, February 25 at the Annapolis Friends Meetinghouse, 351 Dubois Road in Annapolis. Please check this webpage and your email for an announcement.
LWVAAC's Speaker Series and Monthly Meetings are regularly held the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at a public venue in Anne Arundel County. Attendance is free and all are welcome. Contact Karen at [email protected] with questions or topic suggestions.
WHENFebruary 11, 2026 at 7:00pm24 rsvps rsvpWHEREAnnapolis Friends Meeting House
351 Dubois Rd
Annapolis, MD 21037
United States
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