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LWVPGC's Scholarship Application Is Online Now!
LWVPGC offers two scholarships of $1,000 each to students attending any college, university or trade-school in Prince George's County, MD. These include PGCC, UMD, Bowie State University and others. The scholarships are in honor of past LWVPGC Board Presidents Dorothy Ginter and Thelma Boyd Nash.
For the online application, click here.
All applications must be signed and postmarked by April 30, 2024, and Mailed to:
League of Women Voters of Prince George’s County Maryland
P.O. Box 3033
Laurel, Maryland 20709-3033 ** Or Email to: [email protected] **For additional information 301-
541-3113
2024 ELECTION AND VOTER INFORMATION
New!! The League of Women Voters of Prince George's County (LWVPGC) 2024 Primary Election Voter's Guide is Now Available. Click here for the LWVPGC 2024 Voter's Guide!
The League of Women Voters of Prince George's County (LWVPGC) proudly presents a voter information video in Spanish: https://youtu.be/G543X-vxZA8 Votar! Liga de Mujeres Votantes con Samantha (Garcia Lopez) Howard
For over a century, the League of Women Voters of Maryland has worked to expand voting rights, educate voters, and protect our democracy.
Information on candidates for each Maryland office in the 2024 election is now available at VOTE411.org/Maryland.
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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION at BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY April 22, 2024
Left to right: BSU Student, Yvonne Alston, Fai Nelson, Shelia Bryant, Ethel Woodard and Juanita Watts
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Left to right: Shelia Bryant, Ethel Wooddard, Yvonne Alston, Juanita Watts and Fai Nelson
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Juanita Watts and BSU Student
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BSU Student
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Dr. Keadrick Peters and Shelia Bryant
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Left to right: Fai Nelson, Juanita Watts, Ethel Woodard and Yvonne Alston
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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION at BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY February 7, 2024
Left Photo (Dr. Keadrick Peters, BSU (left), BSU Event Coordinator, (center), Deborah Mitchell, LWVPGC (center), Juanita Watts, LWVPGC (right).
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ICYMI--League of Women Voters of Prince George's County Annual Open House
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ICYMI--LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY & GREATER BOWIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE November 1, 2023 City of Bowie Mayoral & City Council Candidates Forum
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ICYMI--LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY October 19, 2023 Town of Upper Marlboro Candidates Forum
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Prince George's County Council Passes Virtual Voting Bill September 26, 2023
County Council Vice Chair Wala Blegay (center), LWVPGC President Gloria Johnson (right), County Council Staff (2nd row)
On September 26, 2023, the Prince George's County Council re-voted on CR-078-2023. The bill addressed allowing virtual voting by members of the County Council; which had been in operation during the pandemic. The vote previously failed on September 12, 2023. After a well publicized public out cry, the matter was placed on the calendar for a re-vote of the County Council as a "Committee of the Whole." On Tuesday, September 26, the Council voted again and it passed.
Many voters communicated this was a womens' issue or a maternal health issue. One Internet poster contacted LWVPGC President Gloria Johnson stating she believed it was a reproductive health issue or a political ploy to protect an individual female with an alleged high risk pregnancy. President Johnson made it clear that LWVPGC considers virtual voting as a matter of accessibility. LWVPGC is concerned with the long term impact of the law, as it relates to accessibility for disabilities as well as pregnancy related matters.
President Johnson stated the League of Women Voters (LWV) is a non-partisan political organization of women and men that encourages informed and active participation in government. The organization works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influence public policy through education and advocacy. LWVPGC is compliant with LWV positions in the areas of voting rights and accessibility for disabilities.
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* THE PEOPLE WON *
LWVPGC Issues Forum Helped Protect Residents from Potential Danger
The residents in Oxon Hill, Southlawn, Livingston Woods, Indian Head and Fort Washington, along with the League of Women Voters of Prince George's County (LWVPGC), scored a tremendous victory in a more than two-year battle with PEPCO over a proposed but dangerous lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Station/BESS in their historically Black, multi-ethnic, multicultural middle-class neighborhood.
In 2022, LWVPGC President Gloria Johnson met and engaged PGCC-TV Producers Marshall Johnson and Miriam Machado-Luces to present its candidates' forum virtually as livestreams. The eight Candidates Forums were well received and PGC voters got a great virtual view of where each candidate stood ahead of local elections.
President Johnson took another step forward by presenting an issue in District 8 of Prince George's County where PEPCO was planning to house BESS in a location less than 200 feet from a daycare center, 35 feet from a residence and not far from several schools, businesses and residential homes. If a fire broke out, water would not put it out, and toxic emissions would result in the evacuation of residents around a five-mile radius.
PEPCO officials announced at the most recent Prince George's County Council meeting that they have shelved the proposal and will locate the BESS on the Eastern Shore, Maryland.
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For more information about LWVPGC Contact: League of Women Voters of Prince George's County LWVPGC Office: 301/541-3113 Email Address: [email protected]
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