The Provisional Voting Process: An Overview
By the Maryland State Board of Elections

Sherlock learns to look for clues to the candidates in the Voters’ Guide
by the LWV Montgomery County, MD

United Nations Day Commemoration Program – We will hold a program to commemorate United Nations Day on Monday, October 24, 2016 at Savage Branch of the Howard County Library in the DaVinci Room from 7 to 8:30 pm. Our speaker will be Sawson Al-Sayyab who is the Interim Resettlement Manger and WPE / Bridge to Safety program focal point at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in the Baltimore office at the Baltimore Resettlement Center, where she has worked for the past 7 years. Ms. Al-Sayyab has been a humanitarian aid worker since 2003, working with several international nonprofits in Iraq and Jordan focusing on women’s economic empowerment and health education programs emergency medical interventions. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy from Baghdad University in Iraq and has spent 14 years working in the Iraqi Ministry of Health as Senior Pharmacist. Ms. Al-Sayyab is a strong advocate for refugee women’s empowerment and education. Being a refugee herself, she understands well the challenges facing newly resettled women and men.

LIFE UNDERGROUND
the importance of soil biology to health and climate

Tuesday, October 18, 2016
7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Oakland Manor
5430 Vantage Point Rd.

DR. SARA VIA, Professor of Biology & Entymology, University of Maryland

“Organisms in the soil, from microbes to mycorrhizae, have a huge impact on how plants grow and react to stress situations. It’s a wild world down there, and some of the interactions will surprise you! Building and maintaining soil health is essential for food production, the conservation of forests and natural areas, and climate-resilient gardening, agriculture, and forestry. Soil can even pull CO2 from the air to reduce climate change! Learn what healthy soil is, how you know if you have it, and how to build it if you don’t. After the talk, there will even be a hands-on demonstration of why soil health is important.” (Dr. Sara Via)

For information contact Betsy Singer at 410-730-7740. Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Howard County, Howard County Legacy Leadership Institute for the Environment (HoLLIE), and the Town Center Community Association

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF HOWARD COUNTY HOLDS FUNDRAISER AT TINO’S ITALIAN BISTRO ON OCTOBER 25

The League of Women Voters of Howard will hold a fundraiser on Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at Tino’s Italian Bistro to support the League of Women Voters of Howard County Education Fund, a 501(c)3 non-profit. For the full day of this event, 10% of the proceeds for the restaurant will be donated to the League of Women Voters of Howard County Education Fund. All proceeds includes all carry-out, delivery, dine in, wine sales, etc…, for the full day. The fundraiser will be held from 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. at Tino’s Italian Bistro, 8775 Centre Park Drive, Columbia, MD 21045, 410-730-TINO (8466), www.tinositalianbistro.com.

For more information contact 410-730-0142 or info@lwvhowardmd.org.

General Election Candidates’ Forum

Columbia, MD – for release 8/9/16: The League of Women Voters of Howard County invites you to join us for our General Election Candidates’ Forum on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m., for the Board of Education and for the U.S. House of Representatives. The forum will be held in the Banneker Room in the George Howard Building at 3430 Court House Drive, Ellicott City, 21043. The event will be available live on Howard County Government Television (GTV) channel 44 on Verizon and channel 99 on Comcast. The forum will also be rebroadcast on GTV, dates and times TBD. It will also be available for viewing on the LWVHC website at https://hoco-lwvmaryland.nationbuilder.com.

League of Women Voters of Howard County Brings Hexagon to Howard County!

Columbia, MD – for release 8/9/16: The League of Women Voters of Howard County (LWVHC) invites you to join us for a performance by the political satire troupe Hexagon who will perform on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. at Slayton House, in the Wilde Lake Village Center (10400 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia, MD 21044) Tickets cost $30, and will go on sale August 12, 2016. Seats are limited for this performance so don’t wait to purchase tickets. Refreshments will be available. Contact the LWVHC for ticket information at info@lwvhowardmd.org or 410-730-0142, or https://hoco-lwvmaryland.nationbuilder.com.

• WHEN: April 30, 2016 at 12pm – 2pm
• WHERE: The Townsend House 2121 NW Massachusetts Ave Washington, DC 20008 United States
• CONTACT: Barbara Schnackenberg · baschnack@verizon.net · 443-315-8435
• REGISTRATION INFORMATION: http://www.lwvmd.org/lunch_at_the_cosmos_club

Click this link for the LWVHC Voter's Guide Primary Election 2016