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t harford coUntY VOTERThe Newsletter of the League of Women
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board of directors
Sandra Trac, PresidentStephanie Hallock, Vice President
Karen Heppen, SecretarBill Reuling, Treasurer
DirectorsElaine BoramMorita BruceEileen Coffee
presidents message
Dear Harford Leaguers and Friends,
Along comes another bus League month! After a wellattended
Annual Dinner meeting and an animatedPlanMarland communit
information event with the AAUWHarford Chapter in Ma, we are
jumping into Junes activities
Our local membership chair, Peg Hill, and I are ver excited
about attending the national convention of the LWVUSin Washington,
DC where much important League businesswill be decided affecting
the direction we will take in thecoming ear. Being at convention
gives us the great opportunit to meet and talk with other Leaguers
from all over thecountr. The convention process will be educational
andee-opening.
Here in Harford, we are gearing up for expanded voter
registration and recentl registered an additional 57 students
at North Harford High School. We are beginning to plan foa fall
Candidates Forum and for opportunities to talk withcommunit
organizations about the General Election balloquestions. Getting
accurate information for ourselves andothers on all of these voter
issues is a most important goafor us.
If ou are interested in working with us in these
activitiesplease join us for voter registration training on
MondaJune 18 followed b our board meeting that da.
Sandy
DO YOU WANT TO REACH US?
Email us at:[email protected]
[email protected]
Theresa FrelighPeg Hill
OU R MI S S I O N
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan politicalorganization,
encourages informed and active participationin government, works to
increase understanding ofmajor public polic issues, and influences
public policthrough education and advocac.
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voter registration
certification training
The Board of Elections ofHarford Count is providingan opportunit
for Leaguemembers to be certified toregister new voters.
The training for certification(or re-certification) will be held
on:
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Please join us there so we can all be read towork to encourage
voter participation in this
election ear!
lwv harford annUal meeting
LWV Harford members and their guests met atLiberatores on Ma 21
for our Annual Meeting. The slateof officers was approved as was
the coming ear budget,and we agreed to make Voter Service our local
stud for2012-203.
President Sand Trac presented a State of the Leaguereport where
she highlighted the man events, studiesand activities of the past
League ear and thanked mem-bers for their participation.
LWVMD President Nanc Soreng was a most welcomeguest. She
expressed appreciation to Sand, the LWVHarford board and membership
for all the work wehave done to reach out to our communit.
We were delighted to have as our speaker, Wink Jonas, who spoke
about her career at the Aberdeen Proving
Ground and related her experiences as one of the first women in
her field. Wink is a true Harford Living Treasure!
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PLANMARyLAND
The LWV of Harford and the Harford Chapter ofAAUW recentl were
happ to sponsor an event giv-ing information about PlanMarland, a
state initiativeaddressing long-term sustainable growth in
Marland
Before an audience of 50 people, Richard JosephsonDirector of
Planning Services for the MarlandDepartment of Planning explained
what PlanMarlandis and is not. He presented information about
projected population growth figures and how this growthwould impact
the econom, housing, jobs and theenvironment and wh a sustainable
growth plan wasneeded. Mr. Josephson explained how the plan
wasdevised and refined with local count input.
In answering questions at the end of the presentation
he explained how the plan would work at the countlevel and
emphasized that PlanMarland was a guiding polic and not
regulation.
LWV Harford appreciates Mr. Josephson for giving histime,
patience and expertise to our communit, andwe thank the AAUW for
co-sponsoring this event.
More information about PlanMarland can be foundat:
www.plan.maryland.gov/
LWV Harford President Sandy Tracy thanks our
speaker, Wink Jonas.
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membership coUpon
leagUe of women voters of harford coUntY
Dues paid now cover membership through June 30, 2013
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Email_______________________________________
Please make check paable to League of Women Votersof Harford
Count and mail c/o: LWV Harford,P.O. Box 291, Bel Air, MD
21014-9998Questions? Email [email protected]
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93 Years ago: a stop on the waY to womens sUffrage
Ninet-three ears ago toda, the 19th amendment to the
Constitution was passed bCongress and sent to the states for
ratification. The 19th amendment would take over aear to be
ratified. It would not be until August of 1920 when women finall
gained theright to vote. In between June 4, 1919 and August 18,
1920, the League of WomenVoters was founded with the expressed
intent to help 20 million women carr out theirnew responsibilities
as voters.
We were founded b Carrie Chapman Catt during the convention of
the NationalAmerican Women Suffrage Association on Februar 14,
1920. The League began as a"might political experiment. The League
encouraged women to use their new power toparticipate in the
democratic process b shaping public polic. From the beginning,
theLeague has been an activist, grassroots organization whose
leaders believed that citizensshould pla a critical role in
advocac. League founders believed that maintaining a non-partisan
stance would protect the fledgling organization from becoming mired
in the partpolitics of the da. However, League members were
encouraged to be political them-
selves, b educating citizens about, and lobbing for, government
and social reform legislation.
Toda, we reflect back on our histor and pa respect to the women
who paved the wa for womens suffrage and thefounding of our
organization.
From the LWV.org website June 4, 2012
