By Vera Herath, LWVAAC Voter Services co-chair and Board director

What’s an Election Judge? Well, I’m happy to tell you because I’ve been an Election Judge for nearly 10 years and truly enjoy doing my part to help people vote.

Election Judges are the friendly, helpful people you see working at your polling place when you vote in person. They ensure that qualified registered voters cast their votes privately, safely, and securely. They check in voters and issue Voter Authority Cards and ballots. They guide voters to the voting booths and answer any questions about filling in the ballot. They also help voters scan their ballots so that they are tabulated and counted. Election Judges help provisional voters when necessary. Finally, they have the pleasure of giving each voter a coveted “I voted” sticker to wear proudly.

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LWVAAC welcomes you!  All persons aged 16 or older are invited to become a full voting member of our county League as well as the League of Women Voters of Maryland (LWVMD) and the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWVUS).  

Our annual membership dues are $65 for an individual and $95 for a household (two people at the same address). Membership is FREE for students who are currently enrolled full- or part-time in an accredited institution. 

By authorizing payment of the annual membership dues, you affirm that you are at least 16 years of age and that you subscribe to the policies and purposes of the League of Women Voters.

As an organization, the League of Women Voters adheres to a strict nonpartisan policy.  The League never supports or opposes any political party or candidate.  In addition, the League of Women Voters is an organization fully committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in principle and in practice. Diversity, equity and inclusion are central to the organization’s current and future success in engaging all individuals, households, communities and policy makers in creating a more perfect democracy.

The purposes of the League of Women Voters are to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation in government and to act only on public policy issues that have been studied by its membership. 

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The League of Women Voters only advocates on an issue after members have studied all sides and reached consensus.  This consensus process occurs at the local, state and national level.  The League of Women Voters of Anne Arundel County has adopted the following positions through study and consensus:

LWVAAC Positions

Click on the title below to read recent LWVAAC public testimony and advocacy.

Anne Arundel County Bill 6-23 An Ordinance Concerning Subdivision and Development - Zoning - Accessory Dwelling Units (2/21/23 hearing)

Letter to the Editor of The Capital on Resolution 1-22 Public Campaign Financing (1/30/22 edition)

Anne Arundel County Charter Revision Commission (1/24/22 hearing)

Anne Arundel County Bill 81-21 General Provisions - Prohibition Against Use of County Funds or Resources to Promote or Require Discrimination (10/18/21 hearing)

Anne Arundel County Resolution 47-20 Resolution supporting law enforcement agencies and their leaders, officers and deputies

Anne Arundel County Bill 90-19 Public Works – Utilities – Partial Deferral of Residential Wastewater System Connection Charges and Assessments (12/16/19 hearing)

Anne Arundel County Bill 68-19 An Ordinance Concerning Subdivision and Development - Forest Conservation (11/4/19 hearing)

Anne Arundel County Bill 68-19 An Ordinance Concerning Subdivision and Development - Forest Conservation (10/7/19 hearing)

Anne Arundel County Resolution 18-19 Charter Amendment - Budgetary and Fiscal Procedures - Income Tax

Anne Arundel County Resolution 30-18 Recognizing and Declaring the Humanity of Preborn Children 

General Assembly HB 716 Anne Arundel County - Board of Education - Selection of Members (2017)

Annapolis Ordinance O-1-17 Non-discrimination of Foreign Born Residents

General Assembly SB 214 Anne Arundel County - Watershed Protection and Restoration Program - Exemption (Anne Arundel County Rain Tax Exemption Act of 2014)

The League of Women Voters has a long history of publishing impartial voters’ guides which provide each candidate equal opportunity to voice their positions in their own words. 

The Anne Arundel County Voters' Guide for the 2024 Maryland Primary Election is now available. Read it online or download and print as a booklet.* 

*Print double-sided, flip on short edge.

Print copies of the Voters' Guide are available upon request by emailing [email protected].  Be sure to include your mailing address and allow time for postal delivery.

Access candidate photos, updated responses and election information 24/7 at

Questions or concerns?  Email [email protected].

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY VOTERS' GUIDE ARCHIVES

2022 General Election

2022 Primary Election

2020 General Election

2020 Primary Election

2018 General Election

2018 Primary Election

2016 General Election

2016 Primary Election

2014 General Election

2014 Primary Election

2012 General Election

2012 Primary Election

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