League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 1 of 46 General Election: Elección General: November 3, 2020

YOUR VOTER’S GUIDE SU GUÍA DE VOTACIÓN

The League of Women Voters of Frederick La Liga de Mujeres Votantes (LWV) County produce this guide in partnership produce está guía de votación para for information on the Frederick County obtener información relacionada con General Election to be held November 3, la Eleccion General del Condado de 2020. Frederick el 3 de Noviembre 2020.

The League of Women Voters is a La Liga de Mujeres Votantes es nonpartisan organization. The League estrictamente no partidista; no apoya ni neither supports nor opposes any party or se opone a ninguno de los candidatos candidate. a cargos públicos en ningún nivel de gobierno. Verify what’s on your ballot in Vote 411.org, to obtain information in relation to Averigüe lo que está en su boleta the elections. electoral in VOTE411.org, para obtener información relacionada con las An important component of VOTE411.org elecciones. is the polling place locator, which enables users to type in their address and retrieve Un componente importante de the poll location for the voting precinct in VOTE411.org es el localizador de los sitios which that address is located. The League de votación, el cual permite a los usuarios has found that this is among the most escribir su dirección y recibir la ubicación sought-after information in the immediate de la casilla de votación en el precinto days leading up to, and on, Election Day. electoral en el que se encuentra esa dirección. La League ha descubierto que Candidates’ answers appear as submitted esta es de la información más buscada and have not been edited by the League. tanto en los días inmediatamente previos como el mismo Día de las Elecciones. To read all candidate statements, including those not available in this guide, Todas las respuestas provienen visit www.vote411.org. directamente de los candidatos y no están editadas por LWV.

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League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 1 of 46 General Election: Elección General: November 3, 2020. 3 de Noviembre 2020.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there have Debido a las restricciones por la been many changes to allow citizens to pandemia del COVID-19, hay cambios vote by mail if preferred, cast a ballot in para permitir a los votantes registrados person at Early Voting, or vote on Election votar por correo, temprano en persona o Day. el día de las elecciones.

Last Day to Register to Vote WITHOUT a Ultimo día de registro general de votantes Provisional Ballot: October 13, 2020. SIN Votación provisional: Martes 13 de Octubre de 2020. You may also register to vote or update your voter registration information in Se puede registrar o actualizar su registro person during early voting or on election de votante en persona durante la day. If you update your address on votación anticipada o el día de las election day, you will be asked to elecciones. Si actualiza su dirección el día complete a provisional ballot, which de la elección, se le pedirá que complete allows someone who thinks he or she is an una boleta provisional, que permite a eligible voter to vote. If the Frederick alguien que piensa que es un votante County Board of Elections determines that elegible votar. Si la Junta Electoral del the provisional voter is registered and Condado de Frederick determina que el eligible to vote in Maryland and vote a elector provisional está registrado y es provisional ballot, the ballot will be elegible para votar en Maryland y votar counted. If the voter is not eligible to vote una boleta provisional, la boleta será a provisional ballot, the ballot may be escudada. Si el elector no es elegible rejected. An election judge can assist you para votar una boleta provisional, la with this process at Early Voting or on boleta puede ser rechazada. Un juez Election Day. electoral puede ayudarlo con este proceso en la Votación Temprana o el Día Mail In Ballots: You may have requested a de las Elecciones. ballot by mail or online. Mail-in ballot applications must have been received by Boleta de Voto por Correo: Debe solicitar Tuesday, October 20, 2020 in order to una boleta de voto por correo o por receive your mail-in ballot by mail in time Internet. Su junta local de elecciones for the election. debe recibir su solicitud antes del 20 de Octubre de 2020 para recibir su boleta de MAILING OF BALLOTS voto por correo. in tiempo antes de las You can fill out and return your ballot as eleccciones. soon as you receive, mark and sign it. All voted ballots must be postmarked by CORREO POSTAL Election Day, November 3, 2020 in order to Llenen y devuelvan sus boletas lo antes be counted. possible, marcado y firma la boleta. Su boleta debe estar matasellada el 3 de Noviembre, 2020 o antes para ser contada.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 2 of 46 DROPOFF BALLOTS: BUZONES ELECTORALES: You can return your ballot, after voting, at Podrán utilizar un buzón electoral para drop off locations beginning early devolver su boleta de voto en buzones October through November 3, 2020 until 8 que estarán disponibles de Octubre hasta pm. las 8 pm del 3 de Noviembre.

Drop Box Locations: Lista de lugares:

Frederick County Board of Elections 340A Montevue Lane, Frederick, Maryland 21702

Brunswick Middle School 301 Cummings Drive, Brunswick, Maryland 21716

Catoctin High School 14745 Sabillasville Road, Thurmont, Maryland 21788

Governor Thomas Johnson High School 1501 North Market Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701

Middletown VFD Activities Building 1 Fireman's Lane, Middletown, Maryland 21769

Oakdale High School 5850 Eaglehead Drive, Ijamsville, Maryland 21754

William R. Talley Recreation Center 121 North Bentz St, Frederick, Maryland 21701

Urbana Regional Library 9020 Amelung Street, Frederick, Maryland 21704

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 3 of 46 EARLY VOTING VOTACIÓN ANTICIPADA

If you choose in person to visit an early Si desea votar anticipadamente en voting center, they are open from persona, la votación anticipada se llevará Monday, October 26 to Monday a cabo a partir del Lunes 26 de Octubre November 2, 7 am to 8 p.m (including hasta el Lunes 2 de Noviembre de 7 am a Saturday and Sunday). 8 pm (incluyendo el Sábado y el Domingo). Locations are: Lista de centros de votación anticipada:

Catoctin High School 14745 Sabillasville Road, Thurmont, Maryland 21788

Governor Thomas Johnson High School 1501 North Market Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701

Middletown VFD Activities Building 1 Fireman's Lane, Middletown, Maryland 21769

Urbana Regional Library 9020 Amelung Street, Frederick, Maryland 21704

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 4 of 46 Voting On Election Day Voto el Día de las Elecciones

In-Person Voting – ONLY ON Tuesday, Votación en Persona – SOLO EL Martes, 3 November 3, 2020, from 7am until 8pm. de Noviembre de 2020, de 7am a 8pm. In addition to the four Early Voting sites Además de los cuatro sitios de Votación shown above, there are ALSO in-person Temprana mostrados anteriormente, voting at these locations around Frederick TAMBIÉN se puede votar en persona en County on Election Day, Tuesday estos lugares alrededor del Condado de November 3 from 7am until 8pm: Frederick el día de las elecciones, el Martes 3 de Noviembre de 7am a 8pm

Brunswick Middle School 301 Cummings Drive, Brunswick, Maryland 21716

Cornerstone Fellowship Church 66 Waverley Drive, Frederick, Maryland 21701

Frederick High School 650 Carroll Parkway, Frederick, Maryland 21701

Linganore High School 12013 Old Annapolis Road, Frederick, Maryland 21701

Middletown High School 200 Schoolhouse Drive, Middletown, Maryland 21769

Oakdale High School 5850 Eaglehead Drive, Ijamsville, Maryland 21754

William R. Talley Recreation Center 121 North Bentz St, Frederick, Maryland 21701

Tuscarora High School 5312 Ballenger Creek Pike, Frederick, Maryland 21703

Urbana High School 3471 Campus Drive, Ijamsville, Maryland 21754

Walkersville High School 81 West Frederick Street, Walkersville, Maryland 21793

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 5 of 46 Criteria for Participation in VOTE411.org: All Criteria para Participacion in VOTE411.org: presidential candidates who will appear Todos los candidatos que aparecerán en on your state ballot are listed below but la papeleta electoral de su estado se only those that completed the criterias enumeran a continuación, pero solo were invited to respond. aquellos que cumplen con los siguientes criterios fueron invitados a responder las Candidates qualified for invitations to preguntas de la Liga en esta guía. provide responses to specific questions if they met the following criteria: 1) El candidato debe haber hecho un anuncio público de su intención de 1) The candidate must have made a postularse para la nominación de su public announcement of her/his intention partido para presidente; y, to run for President; 2) El candidato debe haber cumplido con 2) The candidate must meet the los requisitos de contribución mínima de la Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act's ley de fondos para la campaña de minimum contribution threshold elecciones presidenciales para poder requirements for qualifying for matching calificar para fondos complementarios, funds, based on the most recent data según los datos más recientes disponibles publicly available on the FEC website by públicamente en la página web de la the date of publication; Comisión Federal de Elecciones.

3) The candidate must qualify for the 3) El candidato debe calificar para estar ballot in enough states to win a majority of en la boleta de votación en suficientes electoral votes. estados para ganar una mayoría de votos electorales. All responses come directly from the candidates and are unedited by LWV. Todas las respuestas provienen The League does not support or oppose directamente de los candidatos y no any candidates or parties. están editadas por LWV. La League no apoya ni se opone a ningún candidato Additional write-in candidates appear on o partido. the Maryland State Board of Elections website Los candidatos adicionales aparecen en (https://elections.maryland.gov/elections el sitio web de la Junta Electoral del /2020/general_candidates/index.html). Estado de Maryland (https://elections.maryland.gov/elections /2020/general_candidates/index.html)

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 6 of 46 President and Vice President of the United Presidente y Vicepresidente(a) de los States Estados Unidos

DUTIES: The President is: the head of state DEBERES: El presidente es: el jefe de of the United States of America; the Chief estado de los Estados Unidos de América; Executive Officer; and, the Commander in el director ejecutivo; y, el comandante en Chief of all military forces. The powers of jefe de todas las fuerzas militares. Los the President are prescribed in the poderes del presidente están prescritos en Constitution and federal law. The la constitución y la ley federal. El President appoints the members of the presidente nombra a los miembros del Cabinet, ambassadors to other nations gabinete, embajadores ante otras and the United Nations, Supreme Court naciones y las Naciones Unidas, jueces de Justices, and federal judges, subject to la Corte Suprema y jueces federales, Senate approval. The President, along sujetos a la aprobación del Senado. El with the Cabinet and its agencies, is presidente, junto con el gabinete y sus responsible for carrying out and enforcing agencias, es responsable de llevar a the laws of the United States. The cabo y hacer cumplir las leyes de los President may also recommend legislation Estados Unidos. El presidente también to the United States Congress. puede recomendar legislación al Congreso de los Estados Unidos. TERM: Four years. Limit of two terms. Plazo: Cuatro años. Límite de dos BASE SALARY: $400,000 per year. términos.

Salario base: $ 400,000 por año.

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Candidates

Donald. J. Trump and Michael Pence Republican Campaign Website: www.donaldjtrump.com Campaign Facebook: facebook.com/DonaldTrump Campaign Twitter: twitter.com/realdonaldtrump Campaign Instagram: instagram.com/realdonaldtrump

No response received by print deadline. See VOTE411.org. No hay repuesta - Averigüe a Vote411.org

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 7 of 46 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Democratic Campaign Website: http://joebiden.com/ Campaign Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joebiden/ Campaign Twitter: twitter.com/JoeBiden Campaign Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/joebiden/ Campaign YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/joebiden

COVID-19 RECOVERY: What actions would COVID: ¿Qué acciones tomaría para you take to balance public health and equilibrar la salud pública y la economic recovery in the US, both in light recuperación económica en los EE. UU., of COVID-19 and for the long term? tanto a la luz del COVID-19 como a largo plazo? It’s a false choice to think we have to choose between our public health and Nuestra salud pública y economía están economy; they’re linked. On Day One, I’ll vinculadas. El primer día de mi gobierno, implement the COVID strategy I’ve laid implementaré la estrategia contra el out since March – surging testing and COVID que diseñé en marzo, aumentar protective gear; distributing vaccines las pruebas y el equipo de protección; safely and free of politics; helping schools distribuir vacunas de forma segura, sin and small businesses cover costs; and consideraciones políticas, ayudar a getting state and local governments escuelas y pequeños negocios a cubrir los resources to keep educators, cops, and costos, y dar recursos a gobiernos firefighters on the job. I’ll respect science estatales y locales para mantener a and tell the truth, period. And I’ll build our educadores, policías y bomberos economy back better, creating millions of trabajando. Respetaré la ciencia y diré la good-paying jobs. I’ll revitalize verdad. Y reconstruiré mejor nuestra manufacturing, build a clean energy economía, al crear millones de empleos economy, and boost caregiving – easing bien pagados, revitalizar la manufactura, the squeeze on working families, providing construir una economía de energía limpia paid leave, and getting caregivers the y aliviar la presión a las familias respect and pay they deserve. trabajadoras, con licencia pagada y dando a los cuidadores el respeto y remuneración que merecen.

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BIDEN-HARRIS BIDEN-HARRIS TOP PRIORITY: What is the most important PRIORIDAD: ¿Cuál es el problema más issue facing our country and how do you importante que enfrenta nuestro país y plan to address it during your first 100 days cómo planea abordarlo durante sus in office? primeros 100 días en el cargo?

Pandemic. Recession. Racial injustice. Pandemia. Recesión. Injusticia racial. Climate change. We’re facing historic Cambio climático. Enfrentamos crisis crises; we have to tackle them all at once. históricas; tenemos que abordarlas a la Character and experience count. I’ll listen vez. El carácter y la experiencia cuentan. to scientists, tell the truth, and make sure Escucharé a científicos, diré la verdad y we’re never so unprepared for a me aseguraré de que nunca volvamos a pandemic again. I’ll expand the estar tan mal preparados para una Affordable Care Act, lowering costs and pandemia. Ampliaré la Ley de Cuidado making health care a right for all. I’ll build de Salud Asequible, para que la atención our economy back better, and make médica sea un derecho para todos. racial equity central to recovery. In these Reconstruiré mejor nuestra economía y la crises, we have an enormous opportunity, equidad racial será central para la if we come together. As President, I’ll draw recuperación. En estas crisis, tenemos una on the best of us, not the worst. I’ll work as enorme oportunidad, si nos unimos. Como hard for those who don’t support me as for presidente, trabajaré tan duro por those who do. That's a president’s job: to aquellos que no me apoyan como por los represent us all. To take responsibility. To que lo hacen. Es el trabajo de un protect the nation. To unite and to heal. presidente: representarnos a todos. Asumir responsabilidad. Proteger la nación. Unirnos y sanar. RACIAL INJUSTICE: How will you address racial injustice in our country on day one INJUSTICIA RACIAL: ¿Cómo abordará la of your administration? injusticia racial en nuestro país el primer día de su administración? America is at an inflection point. It’s past time to end our inequities and deal with Estamos en un punto de inflexión. Es hora the denial of our nation’s promise to too de poner fin a nuestras desigualdades. many for too long. I’ll fight to end the Lucharé para poner fin a las health inequities that COVID-19 amplifies; desigualdades de salud que COVID-19 and give every child the same strong start amplifica; y dar a cada niño la misma in life by offering universal Pre-K, tripling oportunidad al ofrecer Pre-K universal, funding for Title I schools, and making triplicar los fondos a las escuelas de Título public college debt-free for most families. I, y ofrecer universidad pública gratuita a I’ll make racial equity central to our la mayoría de las familias. Haré que la recovery, closing the racial wealth and equidad racial sea central para nuestra income gaps, boosting home ownership, recuperación, al cerrar las brechas de and investing in communities and riqueza racial e ingresos, impulsar la entrepreneurs of color – building a propiedad de vivienda e invertir en stronger, more inclusive middle class for comunidades y empresarios de color, the future. And, I’ll work for real police construyendo una clase media más sólida reform and invest in shifting our criminal e inclusiva para el futuro. Trabajaré por justice focus from incarceration to una verdadera reforma policial e invertiré prevention. en cambiar nuestro enfoque de justicia penal, de encarcelamiento a prevención.

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BIDEN-HARRIS BIDEN-HARRIS IMMIGRATION: What aspects of our INMIGRACION: ¿Qué aspectos de nuestra current immigration policy will your política de inmigración actual abordará administration address first? primero su administración?

My immigration policy is built around Mi política migratoria mantendrá las keeping families together. It’s past time to familias unidas. Es hora de reformar el reform our broken system, restoring family sistema, restaurando la unificación unification and diversity as its core pillars. familiar y la diversidad como pilares As President, I’ll reverse Trump’s assault on fundamentales. Como presidente, our values on Day One, ending his cruel revertiré el ataque de Trump a nuestros border policies that rip children from their valores el primer día, poniendo fin a sus mothers’ arms. I’ll act immediately to crueles políticas fronterizas que arrancan protect Dreamers and their families, and a niños de los brazos de sus madres. invest real political capital in finally Protegeré a los Dreamers y sus familias, e delivering legislative immigration reform, invertiré capital político real para with a roadmap to citizenship for the finalmente lograr una reforma migratoria nearly 11 million undocumented people legislativa, con una hoja de ruta a la who already do so much to make our ciudadanía para los casi 11 millones de communities strong. We have to enforce indocumentados que contribuyen a our laws, but in a way that’s humane, nuestras comunidades. Tenemos que respects due process, honors our values, hacer cumplir nuestras leyes, pero de una and sees the big picture. manera humana, que respete el debido proceso, honre nuestros valores y vea el panorama completo.

HEALTHCARE: What will you do over the ATENCION MEDICA: ¿Qué hará a largo long term to ensure access to quality plazo para garantizar el acceso a una healthcare for all? atención médica de calidad para todos?

This pandemic makes clear: All Americans Esta pandemia deja claro: Todos los need access to quality, affordable health estadounidenses necesitan acceso a insurance. That’s why I’ll protect and build seguro de salud de calidad asequible. Por on the Affordable Care Act. I helped to eso protegeré y ampliaré la Ley de secure the final key votes to pass that Cuidado de Salud Asequible. Ayudé a landmark law, protecting 100 million asegurar los votos clave finales para Americans who can no longer be turned aprobar esa ley histórica, protegiendo a away or denied coverage for pre-existing 100 millones de estadounidenses que ya conditions, and bringing coverage to 20 no pueden ser rechazados ni se le puede million more. As President, I’ll build on that negar cobertura por condiciones progress with a public option and lower preexistentes, y dando cobertura a 20 health care and prescription drug costs. I’ll millones más. Como presidente, construiré make all COVID-19 testing, treatment, sobre ese progreso con una opción and vaccines free; double funding for pública y reduciré los costos de los community health centers that are so servicios médicos y medicamentos often on the frontlines of care; and much recetados. Haré que todas las pruebas, more. tratamiento y vacunas para COVID-19 sean gratuitas; duplicaré los fondos para los centros de salud comunitarios que son tan necesarios; y mucho más.

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Jo Jorgensen and Jeremy Spike Cohen Libertarian Campaign Website: www.Jo20.com Campaign Facebook: facebook.com/JoJorgensen2020 Campaign Twitter: @Jorgensen4Potus

This candidate did not meet the criteria for an invitation to participate. El candidato no cumple con los criterios mencionados anteriormente.

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Howie Gresham Hawkins and Angela Walker Green Campaign Website: www.howiehawkins.us Campaign Facebook: facebook.com/runhowierun2020 Campaign Twitter: @howiehawkins

This candidate did not meet the criteria for an invitation to participate. El candidato no cumple con los criterios mencionados anteriormente.

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Jerome M. Segal and John de Graaf Bread and Roses Campaign Website: www.segalforpresident.org

This candidate did not meet the criteria for an invitation to participate. El candidato no cumple con los criterios mencionados anteriormente.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 11 of 46 U.S. Representative District 6 Representante del Distrito 6 de los EU. Duties: Representatives make laws along Deberes: Los representantes elaboran with the members of the Senate, and may leyes junto con los miembros del Senado y conduct investigations on issues of pueden realizar investigaciones sobre national importance. Laws that impose temas de importancia nacional. Las leyes taxes always begin in the House of que imponen impuestos siempre Representatives. Representatives can comienzan en la Cámara de recommend that the Senate remove from Representantes. Los representantes office a public official accused of a crime. pueden recomendar que el Senado destituya de su cargo a un funcionario Term: Two years público acusado de un delito.

Base Salary: $174,000 Plazo: Dos años.

How Elected: Elected by voters in each Salario base: $ 174,000 por año. congressional district. Maryland has eight of the 435 Representatives, based on the Cómo elegido: Elegido por los votantes en state's population in the 2010 Census. cada distrito del Congreso. Maryland tiene ocho de los 435 representantes, Website: www.house.gov según la población del estado en el censo de 2010.

Website: www.house.gov

Candidates

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 12 of 46 Neil C. Parrott Republican Party Campaign Website: http://www.neilparrott.org Campaign Facebook: http://facebook.com/ParrottForCongress/ Campaign Twitter: twitter.com/neilparrott Campaign Instagram: instagram-parrottforcongress Campaign Email: [email protected] Campaign Phone: (240) 329-0293

GOALS: Why are you running for this OBJETIVOS: ¿Por qué se postula para esta office? oficina?

Washington DC is a mess. District 6 needs Washington DC es un desastre. El Distrito 6 a representative who lives in the District necesita un representante que viva en el and who will work to improve our Distrito y que trabaje para mejorar la community and our country. I care about comunidad y el país. Me importa nuestra our nation and want to ensure that our nación y quiero asegurarme de que children, that future generations, will have nuestros niños, que las generaciones the same opportunities and freedoms that futuras, tengan las mismas oportunidades we enjoyed. Instead of playing political y libertades que disfrutamos. Trabajaré games, I’ll work for you to bring common- para ti para traer soluciones prácticas y sense, practical solutions to DC. de sentido común a DC.

IMMIGRATION: What, if anything, would you change regarding immigration INMIGRACION: ¿Qué cambiaría, si fuera policy? el caso, con respecto a la política de inmigración? Existing immigration laws need to be followed. Lack of immigration Las leyes de inmigración existentes deben enforcement and a porous southern seguirse. La falta de aplicación de estas y border have led to suffering from gangs una frontera sur porosa han provocado like MS 13 who terrorize our District, opioid pandillas como MS 13 que aterrorizan a and fentanyl deaths, and increased nuestro Distrito, muertes por opioides, y human trafficking. Sanctuary cities need aumento de la trata de personas. Las to be stopped, the border wall needs to ciudades santuario deben detenerse, el be constructed, and companies who take muro fronterizo debe construirse y las advantage of illegal aliens should be empresas que se aprovechan de los heavily fined. extranjeros ilegales deben recibir una multa.

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HEALTH CARE: Would you vote to continue ATENCIÓN MÉDICA: ¿Votaría usted para the Affordable Care Act as it is, expand it, continuar la Ley de Atención Médica or eliminate it? Please explain. Asequible tal como es, ampliarla o eliminarla? Por favor explique. The Affordable Care Act is anything but affordable. Since passing, health La Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Costo insurance, health care, and prescription es todo menos accesible. La calidad de drug costs skyrocketed. The quality of care la atención también se ha degradado; has also degraded; when did you last see ¿Cuándo fue la última vez que vio a un a real doctor instead of a PA? Our country médico de verdad en lugar de una PA? can do better by repealing and replacing Nuestro país puede hacerlo mejor Obamacare by using free market solutions derogando y reemplazando Obamacare that will bring costs down and increase mediante el uso de soluciones de libre quality of care. mercado que reducirán los costos y aumentarán la calidad de la atención. ENVIRONMENT: What should be the federal government’s role in addressing MEDIO AMBIENTE: ¿Cuál debería ser el national and global environmental papel del gobierno federal para abordar concerns? las preocupaciones ambientales nacionales y mundiales? The primary world polluter is China. They dump over 96% more plastic into the El principal contaminador mundial es ocean than the US and contribute the China. Tiran 96% más de plástico al largest percentage of the worlds CO2. océano que los EE.UU. Y aportan el mayor Given that, the US should not sacrifice our porcentaje del CO2 del mundo. Dado manufacturing jobs to countries that do eso, los EE.UU. no deberían sacrificar not have effective environmental laws. nuestros trabajos de manufactura a Trade laws as a negotiating tactic to get países que no tienen leyes ambientales China and other countries to pollute less. efectivas. Leyes comerciales como táctica de negociación para lograr que GUN SAFETY: What policies do you China y otros países contaminen menos. propose to reduce gun violence? SEGURIDAD EN EL USO DE ARMAS DE Access to firearms is guaranteed by the FUEGO: ¿Qué políticas propone para 2nd Amendment. Our country has a reducir la violencia armada? violence epidemic. A major cause of the problem is that we no longer adequately El acceso a las armas de fuego está treat the mentally ill as we should. Instead, garantizado por la 2da Enmienda. El país they often live untreated until they commit tiene una epidemia de violencia. Uno an act of violence. Jails have been turned problema es que ya no tratamos into our new insane asylums. Our jails adecuadamente a los enfermos mentales should be for the career criminals who como deberíamos. A menudo viven sin terrorize our communities. tratamiento hasta que cometen un acto de violencia. Las cárceles se han convertido en manicomios. Las cárceles deberían ser para los delincuentes que aterrorizan a las comunidades.

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ECONOMY: How would you address the ECONOMIA: ¿Cómo abordaría la growing income gap in our society? creciente brecha de ingresos en nuestra sociedad? The American experiment has worked and is working. Our economic system is Como miembro de la Cámara de based on the government valuing Delegados de Maryland, administro un property rights and providing a fair playing programa de becas universitarias. field so that everyone has the chance to Desafortunadamente, las escuelas no succeed. Our system allows people to están enseñando a nuestros estudiantes pursue their own individual goals, where la educación financiera adecuada, y incentives are provided to invest, to take este año he presentado un proyecto de risks, to work hard, or to acquire new skills. ley para exigir que la educación financiera sea parte del plan de estudios. DISCRIMINATION: What initiatives would you propose to address bias based on DISCRIMINACION: ¿Qué iniciativas race, gender identification, sexual propondrías para abordar los prejuicios orientation, religion, or disability? basados en la raza, la identificación de género, la orientación sexual, la religión o Martin Luther King indicated that, “I have la discapacidad? a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be Martin Luther King dijo “tengo el sueño de judged by the color of their skin but by the que mis cuatro hijos pequeños algún día content of their character.” It’s time for vivirán en una nación donde no serán government policies to embrace this juzgados por el color de su piel sino por el concept. For example, merit should be contenido de su carácter”. Es hora de used to decide who receives government que las políticas gubernamentales contracts and to decide who is accepted adopten este concepto. Por ejemplo, el into AP classes. mérito debe usarse para decidir quién recibe los contratos del gobierno y para STUDENT LOANS: What actions would you decidir quién es aceptado en las clases support to reduce burdensome student AP. loan debt? PRÉSTAMOS ESTUDIANTILES: ¿Qué Education. As a member of the Maryland acciones apoyaría para reducir la House of Delegates, I manage a college pesada carga que representa la deuda scholarships program. When 1st year de préstamos estudiantiles? students apply, I ask them to read finance materials and to write a paper about the El experimento estadounidense está effect of college debt. Unfortunately, funcionando. Nuestro sistema económico schools aren’t teaching our students se basa en que el gobierno valora los proper financial literacy, and this year I’ve derechos de propiedad y proporciona un introduced a bill to require financial campo de juego justo para que todos literacy to be a part of the curriculum. tengan la oportunidad de tener éxito. El sistema permite a las personas perseguir sus propios objetivos individuales, se dan incentivos para invertir, asumir riesgos, trabajar duro o adquirir nuevas habilidades.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 15 of 46 David J. Trone Democratic Party Campaign Website: http://www.davidtrone.com Campaign Facebook: http://facebook.com/davidjtrone Campaign Twitter: twitter.com/davidjtrone Campaign Instagram: @davidjtrone Campaign Email: [email protected] Campaign Phone: (301) 800-2103

GOALS: Why are you running for this OBJETIVOS: ¿Por qué se postula para esta office? oficina? I’m running for reelection because we Me postulo para la reelección porque need people in Washington who think necesitamos personas en Washington long-term and are committed to helping que piensen a largo plazo y estén America’s most vulnerable. While we comprometidas a ayudar a los más have made strides towards this goal, we vulnerables de EEUU. Debemos hacer más must do more to end the opioid epidemic, para poner fin a la epidemia de opioides, reform our criminal justice system, and reformar nuestro sistema de justicia penal ensure every child receives a quality y garantizar que todos los niños reciban education. I’m committed to remaining in una educación de calidad. Estoy this fight for people. comprometido a permanecer en esta lucha por las personas. IMMIGRATION: What, if anything, would you change regarding immigration INMIGRACIÓN: ¿Qué cambiaría, si fuera policy? el caso, con respecto a la política de inmigración? Immigrants are vital to maintaining the Apoyo la reforma migratoria integral, y success and spirit of our nation. I support me enorgulleció ayudar a la Cámara de comprehensive immigration reform, and I Representantes a aprobar HR 6, la Ley de was proud to help the House of Sueños y Promesas, que protegería a Representatives pass H.R. 6, the Dream nuestros Soñadores y a los que recibieron and Promise Act, which would protect our el Estatus de Protección Temporal. Dreamers and those granted Temporary Continuaré trabajando contra políticas Protected Status. I will continue to work to inhumanas y crueles como la prohibición against inhuman and cruel policies such de viajar y la separación familiar. as travel bans and family separation. ATENCIÓN MÉDICA: ¿Votaría usted para HEALTH CARE: Would you vote to continue continuar la Ley de Atención Médica the Affordable Care Act as it is, expand it, Asequible tal como es, ampliarla o or eliminate it? Please explain. eliminarla? Por favor explique. The ACA helped millions of people access La ACA ayudó a millones de personas a care, and it has played a crucial role as a acceder a la atención médica. step toward universal coverage. While we Trabajamos para evitar que la work to stop the Administration from Administración lo sabotee y para construir sabotaging it, we also need to work to un sistema de salud a la altura de nuestros build a healthcare system that lives up to valores y garantice la salud como un our values and guarantees healthcare as derecho humano. Apoyo permitir que a human right. I support allowing every todos los estadounidenses compren American to buy into Medicare, creating Medicare, creando una opción de seguro a public health insurance option. médico público.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 16 of 46 David Trone

ENVIRONMENT: What should be the federal MEDIO AMBIENTE: ¿Cuál debería ser el government’s role in addressing national papel del gobierno federal para abordar and global environmental concerns? las preocupaciones ambientales nacionales y mundiales? I’m proud to be endorsed by the Sierra Club, and I am honored to serve on the Me enorgullece contar con el respaldo Foreign Relations committee, which is del Sierra Club y es un honor para mí dedicated to crafting international formar parte del comité de Relaciones environmental policy. Climate change is Exteriores, que se dedica a elaborar real, and we must act to combat this políticas ambientales internacionales. Los urgent threat before it is too late. House demócratas de la Cámara de Democrats have acted to pass, the Representantes han actuado para Climate Action Now Act, which requires aprobar la Ley de Acción Climática the federal government to remain in the Ahora, que requiere que el gobierno Paris Agreement. federal permanezca en el Acuerdo de París. GUN SAFETY: What policies do you propose to reduce gun violence? SEGURIDAD EN EL USO DE ARMAS DE FUEGO: ¿Qué políticas propone para Thoughts and prayers from politicians do reducir la violencia armada? nothing to reduce gun violence. Action from Congress, like H.R. 8, does. We need Necesitamos promulgar una legislación to enact common sense gun legislation, sobre armas de sentido común, que including universal background checks, incluya verificaciones de antecedentes closing the gun show loophole, banning universales, cerrar la brecha en la bump stocks and military-style assault exhibición de armas, prohibir las armas de weapons. We also need to take the power choque y las armas de asalto de estilo back from the gun lobby. The lives of all militar. También necesitamos recuperar el Americans are too important to risk. poder del lobby de las armas.

ECONOMY: How would you address the ECONOMÍA: ¿Cómo abordaría la growing income gap in our society? creciente brecha de ingresos en nuestra sociedad? The Trump administration’s tax cuts for America’s most wealthy do nothing to Necesitamos revertir los recortes de improve the lives of working Americans. impuestos de la administración Trump y We need to reverse the Trump tax cuts redactar un código tributario más and write a more equitable tax code to equitativo para garantizar que los ensure that the wealthiest Americans pay estadounidenses más ricos paguen su their fair share. I was also proud to support parte justa. También estaba orgulloso de the Raise the Wage Act in Congress, apoyar la Ley de Aumento del Salario en which would raise the minimum wage to el Congreso, que aumentaría el salario $15 an hour. mínimo a $15 la hora.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 17 of 46 David Trone

DISCRIMINATION: What initiatives would DISCRIMINACIÓN: ¿Qué iniciativas you propose to address bias based on propondrías para abordar los prejuicios race, gender identification, sexual basados en la raza, la identificación de orientation, religion, or disability? género, la orientación sexual, la religión o la discapacidad? I am a proud co-sponsor of the Equality Act, which provides non-discrimination Soy un orgulloso copatrocinador de la Ley protections for LGBTQ+ people in the de Igualdad, que brinda protección areas of employment, housing, credit, contra la discriminación para las personas and education among others. This is just LGBTQ + en las áreas de empleo, one of the many bills passed by the House vivienda, crédito y educación, entre that is sitting on the Senate Majority otras. Este y otros proyectos están en el Leader’s desk. It’s time for the Senate to escritorio del Líder de la Mayoría del take a vote and ensure that we protect Senado. Es hora de que el Senado vote y the rights of our minority communities. se asegure de proteger los derechos de nuestras comunidades minoritarias. STUDENT LOANS: What actions would you support to reduce burdensome student PRÉSTAMOS ESTUDIANTILES: ¿Qué loan debt? acciones apoyaría para reducir la pesada carga que representa la deuda I took out student loans to help finance my de préstamos estudiantiles? education, and as the only Member of Congress from Maryland serving on the Como el único miembro del Congreso de Education and Labor Committee, I’m Maryland que forma parte del Comité de committed to reforming our education Educación y Trabajo, estoy system and reducing student debt. We comprometido a reformar nuestro sistema need to protect programs like the Public educativo y reducir la deuda estudiantil. Service Loan Forgiveness program so that Necesitamos proteger programas como graduates who enter a career in public el Programa de condonación de service don’t wind up with crippling debt. préstamos por servicio público para que los graduados que ingresan a una carrera en el servicio público no terminen con una deuda abrumadora.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 18 of 46 George Gluck Green Party Campaign Website: http://www.georgegluck.com Campaign Facebook: http://facebook.com/gluckforcongress Campaign Twitter: twitter.com/gluck4congress Campaign Email: [email protected] Campaign Phone: (301) 924-5065

GOALS: Why are you running for this OBJETIVOS: ¿Por qué se postula para esta office? oficina? I am running to return the investment Estoy de acuerdo con la gran mayoría de made in my education by this country, not la política de inmigración del Partido only in terms of higher taxes I’ve paid to Verde(www.gp.org/social_justice/#sjImmi allow new generations of immigrants’ gration). Por ejemplo, reducir las listas de children to advance, but also pay back espera y hace el sistema más eficiente. with the knowledge and experience I’ve Deben restablecerse los criterios de gained from my 7 decades here. I hope to selección anteriores a 1996 para la convince a plurality of voters to help me residencia legal permanente y las fulfill my campaign slogan: “Make solicitudes de ciudadanía. America GOOD Again. This Time for All of Us!” INMIGRACIÓN: ¿Qué cambiaría, si fuera IMMIGRATION: What, if anything, would el caso, con respecto a la política de you change regarding immigration inmigración? policy? He pasado los últimos 25 años como Policy must be consistent with our national profesional de TI ayudando a modernizar vision of universal social justice. I am in nuestro sistema nacional de seguro de agreement with the vast majority of the salud para mejorar el proceso de registro Green Party immigration policy de intercambio de salud en DC. Estoy (www.gp.org/social_justice/#sjImmigratio seguro de que se puede implementar n). For example, reduce wait lists and rápidamente un “Medicare para todos” make the system work more efficiently ... mejorado, donde todos tendrán una Pre-1996 screening criteria for legal cobertura al menos tan buena como la permanent residency and citizenship que tienen ahora. applications should be restored.

HEALTH CARE: Would you vote to continue ATENCIÓN MÉDICA: ¿Votaría usted para the Affordable Care Act as it is, expand it, continuar la Ley de Atención Médica or eliminate it? Please explain. Asequible tal como es, ampliarla o I have spent the last 25 years as an IT eliminarla? Por favor explique. professional aiding to modernize our national health insurance system, from He pasado los últimos 25 años como claims processing for CMS, to certifying profesional de TI ayudando a modernizar insurance providers under ACA, to nuestro sistema nacional de seguro de improving the DC health exchange salud para mejorar el proceso de registro registration process. I am confident that de intercambio de salud en DC. Estoy an improved "Medicare for All" can be seguro de que se puede implementar quickly implemented, where everyone will rápidamente un “Medicare para todos” have coverage at least as good as they mejorado, donde todos tendrán una now have. cobertura al menos tan buena como la que tienen ahora.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 19 of 46 George Gluck

ENVIRONMENT: ENVIRONMENT: What MEDIO AMBIENTE: ¿Cuál debería ser el should be the federal government’s role in papel del gobierno federal para abordar addressing national and global las preocupaciones ambientales environmental concerns? nacionales y mundiales?

I agree with all 8 Green Party Estoy de acuerdo con los 8 principios de environmental justice planks. Here is #2: justicia ambiental del Partido Verde. El #2, “Uphold the precautionary principle, sobre el respeto del principio de requiring polluters to bear the burden of precaución se puede leer aquí proof in demonstrating the safety of their www.gp.org/social_justice/#sjEnvJustice practices. Expand the application of the precautionary principle from chemicals and health to land use, waste, energy, SEGURIDAD EN EL USO DE ARMAS DE food policy and local economic FUEGO: ¿Qué políticas propone para development.”(www.gp.org/social_justic reducir la violencia armada? e/#sjEnvJustice) Estoy de acuerdo con la posición del GUN SAFETY: What policies do you Partido Verde al respecto: “Control de propose to reduce gun violence? armas reflexivo y cuidadosamente considerado como el que figura en el As part of a more comprehensive criminal Brady Bill (1993). Eliminar los vacíos de la justice platform, here is the Green Party exhibición de armas que permite la venta stand on gun safety, which I de armas sin verificación de wholeheartedly agree with: “Thoughtful, antecedentes. Extender la verificación de carefully considered gun control such as is antecedentes a todas las ventas privadas contained in the Brady Bill (1993). de armas de fuego”. Eliminate the gun show loophole that permits sale of weapons without background checks. Extend background ECONOMÍA: ¿Cómo abordaría la checks to all private sales of firearms.” creciente brecha de ingresos en nuestra sociedad? ECONOMY: How would you address the growing income gap in our society? El Partido Verde aboga por “la financiación pública para el desarrollo de Just posing this question is recognition that trabajos con salario digno en la the "growing income gap" is a significant comunidad y el servicio ambiental. problem. The Green Party advocates [Como], limpieza ambiental, reparación y "public funding for the development of mantenimiento de instalaciones públicas, living-wage jobs in community and seguridad pública basada en el environmental service. [Like], vecindario, y construcción y renovación environmental clean-up,... repair and de viviendas energéticamente maintenance of public facilities, eficientes”. neighborhood-based public safety, ..., and construction and renovation of energy-efficient housing."

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 20 of 46 George Gluck

STUDENT LOANS: What actions would you PRÉSTAMOS ESTUDIANTILES: ¿Qué support to reduce burdensome student acciones apoyaría para reducir la loan debt? pesada carga que representa la deuda de préstamos estudiantiles? At Brooklyn College, in the mid 60s, tuition was an affordable $50, not per credit or El Partido Verde pide “la derogación de course, but per term. The GP calls for la Ley de Protección al Consumidor y “repeal of the misnamed Bankruptcy Prevención de Abuso de Bancarrotas de Abuse Prevention and Consumer 2005, con el fin de restaurar la bancarrota Protection Act of 2005 in order to restore del Capítulo 7 como una red de Chapter 7 bankruptcy as a viable final seguridad final viable para los safety net for consumers caught by consumidores atrapados por préstamos student loans, as well as health crises, estudiantiles, así como crisis de salud, unaffordable mortgages, and credit card hipotecas inasequibles y deudas de debts.“ tarjetas de crédito”.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 21 of 46 U.S. Representative District 8 Representante del Distrito 6 de los EU.

Duties: Representatives make laws along Deberes: Los representantes elaboran with the members of the Senate, and may leyes junto con los miembros del Senado y conduct investigations on issues of pueden realizar investigaciones sobre national importance. Laws that impose temas de importancia nacional. Las leyes taxes always begin in the House of que imponen impuestos siempre Representatives. Representatives can comienzan en la Cámara de recommend that the Senate remove from Representantes. Los representantes office a public official accused of a crime. pueden recomendar que el Senado Term: Two years destituya de su cargo a un funcionario público acusado de un delito. Base Salary: $174,000 Plazo: Dos años. How Elected: Elected by voters in each congressional district. Maryland has eight Salario base: $ 174,000 por año. of the 435 Representatives, based on the state's population in the 2010 Census. Cómo elegido: Elegido por los votantes en Website: www.house.gov cada distrito del Congreso. Maryland tiene ocho de los 435 representantes, según la población del estado en el censo de 2010.

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League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 22 of 46 Gregory Thomas Coll Republican Party Campaign Website: http://www.gregorycoll.com Campaign Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gregorycoll2 Campaign Twitter: twitter.com/collforcongress Campaign Email: [email protected] Campaign Phone: (386) 679-1251

GOALS: Why are you running for this OBJETIVOS: ¿Por qué se postula para esta office? oficina? I, Gregory Coll, am happy to announce Yo, me hace feliz anunciar mi my run for U.S. Congress Maryland District candidatura para el Congreso de Estados 8 to represent the people. Work in Unidos, en representacion de las personas Washington is at a standstill, I, Gregory del Distrito 8.Trabajar en Washington es la Coll, want to stop the distractions and primera parada, yo, quiero dejar las keep focus on key issues impacting distracciones de lado y enfocarme en las Americans including: employment, cuestiones clave que impactan America, budget, healthcare, education, incluyendo: empleo,presupuesto, Sistema environment, military and defense, law sanitario, educacion, ejercito y defensa, and order, and the national space policy. violencia de armas y politica especial www.gregorycoll.com nacional.

IMMIGRATION: What, if anything, would INMIGRACION: ¿Qué cambiaría, si fuera you change regarding immigration el caso, con respecto a la política de policy? inmigración? I, Gregory Coll, want to promote and Yo, Gregory Call, quiero promover y dar welcome legal immigration and put a una Buena acogida a la inmigracion legal stop to illegal border crossings. Passing y poner fin a la cruzada ilegal en la legislation to up the legal immigration frontera. Hacer la inmigracion legal un caps, and making it simpler for legal proceso mas simple es la clave, immigration processing is key; especially especialmente cuando hay individuos when the individuals have studied in the que han estudiado en Estados Unidos y U.S. and have employment sponsored tienen apoyo patrocinado a traves de support. I, Gregory Coll, want to attract empleos. Yo, Gregory Call, quiero atraer the best people from around the world. personas a traves del mundo.

HEALTH CARE: Would you vote to continue ATENCIÓN MÉDICA: ¿Votaría usted para the Affordable Care Act as it is, expand it, continuar la Ley de Atención Médica or eliminate it? Please explain. Asequible tal como es, ampliarla o No, I, Gregory Coll, know patients should eliminarla? Por favor explique. come first in U.S. healthcare. Healthcare No,yo,creo que lo pacientes deberian ser systems run by governments are lo primero en la atencion medica de inefficient, reduce standards of care, and EEUU.Los sistemas de salud administrados diminish patient and physician por el goberno son ineficientes,reducen relationships. Healthcare based in free los estandares de atencion sanitaria y market principals, promotes competition, disminuyen las relaciones entre pacientes drives down costs and gives the power to y doctores.La asitencia sanitaria gratuita patients and physicians. Flexible Spending basada en principals riesgos de Accounts unspent money should roll over. mercado,promueve la competencia,reduce los costos y otorga el poder a pacientes y medicos.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 23 of 46 Gregory Thomas Coll

MEDIO AMBIENTE: ¿Cuál debería ser el ENVIRONMENT: What should be the papel del gobierno federal para abordar federal government’s role in addressing las preocupaciones ambientales national and global environmental nacionales y mundiales? concerns? Nuestro medio ambiente necesita ser Our environment needs to be conserved conservado y mantenido para futuras and maintained for future generations. I, generaciones. Yo, quiero estudiar y Gregory Coll want to study and address abordar las preocupaciones ambientales, environmental concerns, stop pollution, parar la contaminacion y dejar de and stop over-stressing our natural estresar demasiado nuestros recursos resources, especially marine resources like naturales, especialmente los recursos fisheries. I, Gregory Coll, believe climate marinos como la pesca. Yo, Gegory Coll, change is real and needs to be addressed creo que el cambio climatico es real y rationally and with an associated risk and debe abordarse de manera racional y return posture. con un riesgo asociado.

GUN SAFETY: What policies do you propose to reduce gun violence? SEGURIDAD EN EL USO DE ARMAS DE I, Gregory Coll, want to support local FUEGO: ¿Qué políticas propone para police stop criminal activity and crack reducir la violencia armada? down on illegal possession of fire arms, Yo, Gregory Coll, quiero apoyar a la without sacrificing law abiding citizens’ policia local para detener la actividad rights to bear arms. For more information criminal y tomar medidas contra la please visit www.gregorycoll.com. posesion ilegal de armas sin sacrificar los

derechos de los ciudadanos respetuosos ECONOMY: How would you address the de la ley para poseer armas. growing income gap in our society?

I, Gregory Coll, know that we can rebuild ECONOMIA: ¿Cómo abordaría la the greatest economy in history and lift creciente brecha de ingresos en nuestra missions of Americans out of poverty, sociedad? helping them secure high paying jobs, Yo, creo en el sueño americano como el and be self reliant. Making resources derecho de perseguir la prosperidad sin available to our top scientists working on a interferencia del gobierno y con trabajo vaccine, and having the capacity to duro, ahorros e inversion, cada individuo produce and distribute the vaccine are tenga la oportunidad de cerrar la brecha key. For more information please visit de ingresos. Yo, creo que EEUU debe www.gregorycoll.com. mantener un presupuesto equilibrado.

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DISCRIMINATION: What initiatives would DISCRIMINACION: ¿Qué iniciativas you propose to address bias based on propondrías para abordar los prejuicios race, gender identification, sexual basados en la raza, la identificación de orientation, religion, or disability? género, la orientación sexual, la religión o I, Gregory Coll, believe in equal rights, la discapacidad? equal justice, and equal opportunity for Yo, Gregory Coll, creo en la igualdad de all, regardless of race, creed, sexual derechos, en la igualda de orientation, religion, or disability. Stopping oportunidades para todos bias based programs will help eliminate independientemente de raza, discrimination. Making resources orientacion sexual, religion o available to our top scientists working on a discapacidad. Detener los programas vaccine, and having the capacity to basados en prejuicios ayudara a eliminar produce and distribute the vaccine are la discriminacion. key. visit www.gregorycoll.com.

STUDENT LOANS: What actions would you PRÉSTAMOS ESTUDIANTILES: ¿Qué support to reduce burdensome student acciones apoyaría para reducir la loan debt? I, Gregory Coll, believe that pesada carga que representa la deuda the cost of college education is on an de préstamos estudiantiles? increasing trajectory, has been rising Yo, Gregory Coll, creo que el coste de la ahead of inflation year after year, and educacion universitaria esta en una needs to be more affordable for students. trayectoria de incrementacion, ha estado Cooperation between industry, aumentando año tras año y debe ser mas government and higher education asequible para los estudiantes. institutions will allow more resources for Cooperacion entre industria, govierno e education and lower tuition for students, instituciones de educacion superiors reducing student loan debt. Please visit permitiran mas recursos para la www.gregorycoll.com. educacion y matriculas mas bajas para los estudiantes, reduciendo la deuda de prestamos estudiantiles.

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League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 25 of 46 Jamie Raskin Democratic Party Campaign Website: http://www.jamieraskin.com Campaign Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/raskin.jamie/ Campaign Twitter: twitter.com/jamie_raskin Campaign Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raskinforcongress/?hl=en Campaign Email: [email protected] Campaign Phone: (240) 847-4937

GOALS: Why are you running for this OBJETIVOS: ¿Por qué se postula para esta office? oficina? To provide the best possible constituent Proporcionar los mejores servicios services to the people of Montgomery, constituyentes posibles a las personas de Frederick and Carroll Counties; To restore los condados de Montgomery, Frederick y the government as an instrument of the Carroll; restaurar al gobierno como common good and social progress; And instrumento del bien común y el progreso to defend the Constitution and Bill of social; y para defender la Constitución y Rights, strong democracy, and the rule of la Declaración de Derechos, la law. democracia fuerte y el estado de derecho. IMMIGRATION: What, if anything, would you change regarding immigration INMIGRACION: ¿Qué cambiaría, si fuera policy? el caso, con respecto a la política de We need to end the cruel and inhumane inmigración? treatment of children and families at our Poner fin al trato cruel e inhumano de border and stop funding the president’s niños y familias en la frontera y dejar de dangerous and profligate border wall; financiar el peligroso y derrochador muro restore protections for refugees and fronterizo; restablecer las protecciones asylum seekers; and pass HR 6, the Dream para los refugiados y solicitantes de asilo; and Promise Act, to provide a pathway to y aprobar HR 6, la Ley de sueños y citizenship for DREAMers and families that promesas, para abrir un camino a la have lived here for years due to disaster or ciudadanía para los “soñadores” y las conflict in their home countries. familias que vinieron aquí por desastres o conflictos en sus países de origen. HEALTH CARE: Would you vote to continue the Affordable Care Act as it is, expand it, ATENCIÓN MÉDICA: ¿Votaría usted para or eliminate it? Please explain. continuar la Ley de Atención Médica I have consistently fought to defend the Asequible tal como es, ampliarla o ACA and the lifesaving coverage it eliminarla? Por favor explique. provides to millions of individuals with He luchado constantemente por preexisting conditions. While I work to defender el ACA y la cobertura que salva protect the ACA, I strongly support moving vidas a millones de personas con towards a single-payer universal condiciones preexistentes. Mientras healthcare system that does not exclude trabajo para proteger el ACA, apoyo anyone and saves hundreds of billions of firmemente avanzar hacia un sistema de dollars spent on insurance bureaucracy. salud universal de un solo pagador que no excluya a nadie y ahorre cientos de miles de millones de dólares gastados en burocracia de seguros.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 26 of 46 Jamie Raskin

ENVIRONMENT: What should be the MEDIO AMBIENTE: ¿Cuál debería ser el federal government’s role in addressing papel del gobierno federal para abordar national and global environmental las preocupaciones ambientales concerns? nacionales y mundiales? We must reorganize the federal Reorganizar el gobierno federal para government to effectively confront this enfrentar efectivamente esta crisis. Apoyo civilizational crisis. I support policies to políticas para la transición hacia una transition to a green economy, invest in economía verde, inversión en tecnologías clean energy technologies and help fossil de energía limpia y ayuda a los fuel industry workers retrain for new jobs. trabajadores de la industria de My colleagues and I are also working on a combustibles fósiles a capacitarse para plan to revitalize America’s ailing nuevos empleos. Trabajamos en un plan infrastructure in a way that advances our para revitalizar la infraestructura en urgent environmental goals. dificultades para avanzar objetivos ambientales urgentes. GUN SAFETY: What policies do you propose to reduce gun violence? SEGURIDAD EN EL USO DE ARMAS DE I support a universal background check; a FUEGO: ¿Qué políticas propone para ban on assault weapons and high- reducir la violencia armada? capacity magazines; and barring violently Apoyo una verificación universal de dangerous people from possessing or antecedentes penales; prohibición de purchasing firearms; and will not rest until armas de asalto y revistas de alta we hold the gun industry accountable for capacidad; y evitar que personas its role in deadly firearm-involved peligrosas posean o compren armas de violence. I worked and voted to pass fuego; y no descansaremos hasta que several bills out of the Judiciary responsabilicemos a la industria de armas Committee including HR 8, HR 1186, HR por su papel en la violencia armada. 1236 & HR 2708. Trabajé y voté para aprobar proyectos de ley del Comité Judicial como HR 8, HR ECONOMY: How would you address the 1186, HR 1236 y HR 2708. growing income gap in our society? We need to reverse the GOP tax scam that gave massive corporations ECONOMÍA: ¿Cómo abordaría la outrageous tax cuts while increasing taxes creciente brecha de ingresos en nuestra on middle-class families. We need to sociedad? support working families by raising the Necesitamos apoyar a las familias minimum wage—and all wages by trabajadoras aumentando el salario promoting the right to organize and mínimo, y todos los salarios, promoviendo bargain collectively, lowering healthcare el derecho a organizarse y negociar costs, providing paid family leave, colectivamente, reduciendo los costos de promoting debt-free college and atención médica, otorgando licencias expanding affordable housing. familiares pagadas, promoviendo la universidad libre de deudas y expandiendo la vivienda asequible.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 27 of 46 Jamie Raskin

STUDENT LOANS: What actions would you support to reduce burdensome student PRÉSTAMOS ESTUDIANTILES: ¿Qué loan debt? acciones apoyaría para reducir la I support efforts to provide relief to the pesada carga que representa la deuda millions of Americans struggling with de préstamos estudiantiles? student loan debt, including HR 2186, HR Apoyo los esfuerzos para proporcionar 770, HR 2648, and HR 1070. Also, as alivio a los millones de estadounidenses Representative of tens of thousands of que luchan con la deuda de préstamos dedicated public servants, I am working estudiantiles, incluidos HR 2186, HR 770, HR to defend and strengthen the Public 2648 y HR 1070. Además, como Service Loan Forgiveness program. Representante de decenas de miles de servidores públicos dedicados, estoy trabajando para defender y fortalecer el programa de condonación de préstamos a trabajadores del servicio público.

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League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 28 of 46 Judicial Offices Preguntas y respuestas no fueron solicitadas a los candidatos en español.

Frederick County Circuit Court Judge Juez del Tribunal de Circuito del Condado de Frederick DUTIES: Judges preside in the Circuit Court, DEBERES: Los jueces presiden en el Tribunal which is a trial court that hears major civil de Circuito, que es un tribunal de primera cases and more serious criminal cases, instancia que escucha casos civiles such as those requiring a jury trial. Circuit importantes y casos penales más graves, Courts also may decide appeals from the como los que requieren un juicio con District Court and certain administrative jurado. Los Tribunales de Circuito también agencies. pueden decidir apelaciones del Tribunal SALARY: $174,433, effective July 1, 2021 de Distrito y de ciertas agencias administrativas. TERM: Fifteen years, no term limit. Mandatory retirement age of 70 years. SALARIO: $174,433, a partir del 1 de julio de 2021 HOW ELECTED: The state is divided into 8 Judicial Circuits. The General Assembly CONDICIONES: Quince años, sin límite de determines the number of judges in each plazos. Edad de jubilación obligatoria de circuit and county. When there is a 70 años. vacancy, the Governor appoints a COMO ELEGIDO: El estado se divide en 8 qualified person to fill the office. Each Circuitos Judiciales. La Asamblea General newly appointed Circuit Court judge then determina el número de jueces en cada must stand for office at the first election circuito y condado. Cuando hay una that occurs at least one year after the vacante, el Gobernador nombra a una vacancy happened. One or more other persona calificada para ocupar el cargo. qualified members of the bar may also run Cada juez del Tribunal de Circuito recién to fill the vacancy. All candidates run on nombrado debe presentarse a la oficina both the Democratic and Republican en la primera elección que ocurra al primary ballots. menos un año después de que ocurrió la The Issues vacante. Uno o más miembros calificados QUALIFICATIONS: How does your de la barra también pueden correr para experience prepare you for the duties of llenar la vacante. Todos los candidatos se this office? postulan en las papeletas primarias COURT NEEDS: What are the greatest demócratas y republicanas. challenges facing Maryland’s court system and how can these be addressed? REPEAT OFFENDERS: What can the courts do to reduce recidivism? DISCRIMINATION: What steps can the courts take to reduce the risk that bias will influence the outcome of legal proceedings?

Theresa M. Adams No response received by print deadline. Check www.vote411.org for later responses. Preguntas y respuestas no fueron solicitadas a los candidatos en español. League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 29 of 46 Judge, Court of Special Appeals (At- DISCRIMINATION: What steps can the Large) courts take to reduce the risk that bias will DUTIES: Judges preside in the Court of influence the outcome of legal Special Appeals, the intermediate proceedings? appellate court in Maryland. The Court reviews the actions and decisions of the Juez, Tribunal de Apelaciones Especiales Circuit Court and of the Orphans’ Court in (En Grande) cases brought before it. The Court, usually DUTIES: Los jueces presiden en la Corte de sitting in panels of three judges, decides if Apelaciones Especiales, el tribunal de the trial judge followed the law and legal apelación intermedio en Maryland. El precedent. The Court is composed of 15 Tribunal examina las acciones y judges: eight at large and one each from decisiones del Tribunal de Circuito y del seven appellate judicial districts. Tribunal de Huérfanos en los asuntos que SALARY: $178,633 annual base. se le han sometido. La Corte, TERM: Ten years, no term limit. Mandatory generalmente se sienta en paneles de tres retirement age of 70 years. jueces, decide si el juez de primera HOW ELECTED: When there is a vacancy instancia siguió la ley y el precedente on the Court of Special Appeals, the legal. La Corte está compuesta por 15 governor appoints a qualified person to fill jueces: ocho en general y uno de siete the office, with the consent of the State distritos judiciales de apelación. Senate. Once appointed, the appellate judge holds the office until the first election SALARIO: $178,633 base anual. that occurs at least one year after the CONDICIONES: Diez años, sin límite de vacancy happened. At that time, the plazos. Edad de jubilación obligatoria de judge runs for an uncontested election for 70 años. a ten-year term on their record (yes or no COMO ELEGIDO: Cuando hay una for continuance in office). No one is vacante en el Tribunal de Apelaciones permitted to file against them. If the Especiales, el gobernador nombra a una incumbent judge is approved, the judge persona calificada para ocupar el cargo, faces another “retention election” every con el consentimiento del Senado estatal. ten years to continue in office. If the Una vez nombrado, el juez de apelación incumbent judge is rejected by the voters, ocupa el cargo hasta la primera elección the post becomes vacant, and the que ocurre al menos un año después de governor makes a new appointment. que ocurrió la vacante. En ese momento, el juez se postula para una elección The Issues incontestable para un período de diez QUALIFICATIONS: How does your años en su expediente (sí o no para experience prepare you for the duties of continuar en el cargo). Nadie puede this office? presentar en su contra. Si se aprueba al COURT NEEDS: What are the greatest juez en ejercicio, el juez se enfrenta a otra challenges facing Maryland’s court "elección de retención" cada diez años system and how can these be addressed? para continuar en el cargo. Si el juez en REPEAT OFFENDERS: What can the courts vigor es rechazado por los votantes, el do to reduce recidivism? puesto queda vacante, y el gobernador hace un nuevo nombramiento. Candidates E. Gregory Wells No response received by print deadline. Check www.vote411.org for later responses. Preguntas y respuestas no fueron solicitadas a los candidatos en español.

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Judge, Court of Special Appeals (C3: Juez, Tribunal de Apelaciones Especiales Western Maryland) (C3: Western Maryland) DUTIES: Judges preside in the Court of Special Appeals, the intermediate DEBERES: Los jueces presiden en la Corte appellate court in Maryland. The Court de Apelaciones Especiales, el tribunal de reviews the actions and decisions of the apelación intermedio en Maryland. El Circuit Court and of the Orphans’ Court in Tribunal examina las acciones y cases brought before it. The Court, usually decisiones del Tribunal de Circuito y del sitting in panels of three judges, decides if Tribunal de Huérfanos en los asuntos que the trial judge followed the law and legal se le han sometido. La Corte, precedent. The Court is composed of 15 generalmente se sienta en paneles de tres judges: eight at large and one each from jueces, decide si el juez de primera seven appellate judicial districts. instancia siguió la ley y el precedente legal. La Corte está compuesta por 15 SALARY: $178,633 annual base. jueces: ocho en general y uno de siete distritos judiciales de apelación. TERM: Ten years, no term limit. Mandatory retirement age of 70 years. SALARIO: $178,633 base anual. HOW ELECTED: When there is a vacancy on the Court of Special Appeals, the governor appoints a qualified person to fill CONDICIONES: Diez años, sin límite de the office, with the consent of the State plazos. Edad de jubilación obligatoria de Senate. Once appointed, the appellate 70 años. judge holds the office until the first election that occurs at least one year after the COMO ELEGIDO: Cuando hay una vacancy happened. At that time, the vacante en el Tribunal de Apelaciones judge runs for an uncontested election for Especiales, el gobernador nombra a una a ten-year term on their record (yes or no persona calificada para ocupar el cargo, for continuance in office). No one is con el consentimiento del Senado estatal. permitted to file against them. If the Una vez nombrado, el juez de apelación incumbent judge is approved, the judge ocupa el cargo hasta la primera elección faces another “retention election” every que ocurre al menos un año después de ten years to continue in office. If the que ocurrió la vacante. En ese momento, incumbent judge is rejected by the voters, el juez se postula para una elección the post becomes vacant, and the incontestable para un período de diez governor makes a new appointment. años en su expediente (sí o no para continuar en el cargo). Nadie puede presentar en su contra. Si se aprueba al juez en ejercicio, el juez se enfrenta a otra "elección de retención" cada diez años para continuar en el cargo. Si el juez en vigor es rechazado por los votantes, el puesto queda vacante, y el gobernador hace un nuevo nombramiento.

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Candidates Preguntas y respuestas no fueron solicitadas a los candidatos en español.

Kathryn Grill Graeff

QUALIFICATIONS: How does your experience prepare you for the duties of this office? I have REPEAT OFFENDERS: What can the courts do to 34 years of legal experience. The last 12 reduce recidivism? One thing that courts years, I have had the privilege of serving can do to reduce recidivism is to as a judge on the Maryland Court of understand and address underlying Special Appeals, where I have written problems contributing to criminal activity. more than 850 opinions and been For example, the creation of drug courts, appointed to leadership positions, which help offenders address addiction including Chair of the Judicial Ethics problems, has been shown to reduce Committee. Prior to becoming a judge, I recidivism. was Chief of the Criminal Appeals Division in the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. DISCRIMINATION: What steps can the courts take to reduce the risk that bias will influence COURT NEEDS: What are the greatest the outcome of legal proceedings? When I challenges facing Maryland’s court system became a judge, I swore to be fair and and how can these be addressed? A big impartial and to provide equal justice for challenge facing the court system these all. Courts can help to reduce the risk of last several months has been the bias in legal proceedings in many ways, coronavirus pandemic, which has including educating all members of the impacted the court’s ability to provide judiciary on discrimination and implicit access to justice while protecting the bias. The judiciary recently formed a health and safety of all participants Committee on Equal Justice to identify involved. The Court of Special Appeals improvements that can be made to has addressed this challenge by utilizing eliminate the risk of discrimination. technology and holding remote court proceedings.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 32 of 46 Nonpartisan Offices

Preguntas y respuestas no fueron solicitadas a los candidatos en español.

Frederick County Board of Education Junta de Educación del Condado de DUTIES: Members of the Board of Frederick Education determine and enforce policies that govern the Frederick County Public DEBERES: Los miembros de la Junta de Schools (FCPS). Among other Educación determinan y aplican políticas responsibilities, the Board of Education que rigen las Escuelas Públicas del appoints the Superintendent of Schools; Condado de Frederick (FCPS). Entre otras initiates, reviews, and discusses responsabilidades, la Junta de Educación educational issues; prepares and requests nombra al Superintendente de Escuelas; annual capital and operating budgets; inicia, revisa y discute cuestiones and receives funding from county, state, educativas; prepara y solicita capital and federal sources. anual y presupuestos operativos; y recibe fondos de fuentes del condado, estatales y federales. TERM: Four years; no term limit. CONDICIONES: Cuatro años; sin límite de plazos. HOW ELECTED: Elected Countywide in a nonpartisan election. COMO ELEGIDO: Elegido en todo el Condado en una elección no partidista.

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League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 33 of 46 David Bass Nonpartisan Campaign Website: http://davidbass4frederick.org Campaign Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Bass4Frederick Campaign Twitter: twitter.com/bass4frederick Campaign Email: [email protected]

What background and experience do you How should FCPS address the needs of bring to this position? students who are not college bound?I am In my personal and professional life, I am a impressed by the work occurring within our lifelong advocate for people with Career and Technology Center (CTC), disabilities. I have worked as a special which prepares students for important education teacher and as a nonprofit careers, including some that do not administrator. In recent years, I've worked require college. A challenge has been in higher education, coordinating a new that the seats are limited, and that interest alternative testing center and leading in the program is growing. We should diversity and inclusion initiatives. I have a explore expansion of the CTC, either on Masters in Special Education and a the Community College campus or in a Masters in Public Administration (MPA). location in the northern part of the county.

What are Frederick County's two most How do you feel about the current testing pressing education issues and how would protocols? Do they reveal information that you address them? will be useful for their education?Many We continue to underfund our schools. In students and families feel overtested and 2019, Frederick ranked 23rd out of 24 stressed from standardized exams. Maryland counties in per pupil funding. I However, the state of Maryland and the will lobby our local and state elected federal government require many of officials to increase educational funding. these exams; reducing them is not within We also have a lack of trust between FCPS the scope of our Board of Education. and many residents. I will address this When analyzed across our school system, through increased transparency, weekly standardized exams provide important listening sessions and maintaining data on overall student achievement and relationships in underserved communities. current progress in closing the achievement gap. What can be done to ensure more diversity in school administration and What are your views on class size as it teacher staff? How can a more diverse affects educational outcomes vs. dollars staff ensure successful outcomes for all spent?I support smaller class sizes, and I will students? work with my colleagues on the board to, Many studies indicate the positive effects at a minimum, maintain class sizes at their teachers of color have on educational current levels. Many studies have outcomes for students of all backgrounds. correlated smaller class sizes with stronger I advocate increasing our recruitment educational outcomes. Maintaining or efforts at Historically Black Colleges and reducing class size is one important way in Universities (HBCUs), holding focus groups which we can work to close the with underrepresented FCPS staff to better achievement gap and increase understand their experiences, and educational outcomes in Frederick encouraging all students to consider County. careers in education.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 34 of 46 Rae M. Gallagher Nonpartisan Campaign Website: http://www.raeforfc.com Campaign Facebook: http://facebook.com/raeforfc Campaign Twitter: twitter.com/FriendsofRae - Campaign Instagram: FriendsofRae4BOE Campaign Email: [email protected] Campaign Phone: (443) 860-2813

What background and experience do you How should FCPS address the needs of bring to this position? students who are not college bound?We As a parent, a non-profit leader, and a expand life skills/social emotional strong advocate of public education, I development programs for students in bring my collaborative spirit and elementary and middle schools. We also experience in educational advocacy, build on our successful career training equity, and partnership development to model and expand existing CTC programs the BOE. I support our public educators for greater access of high school students and staff and work to ensure that all to vocational/technical training while students, regardless of their background, decreasing the perceived stigma can access resources and programs in an attached to vocational programs. equitable environment where they can Expanding partnerships with local thrive. businesses is critical.

What are Frederick County's two most How do you feel about the current testing pressing education issues and how would protocols? Do they reveal information that you address them? will be useful for their education?While Education funding to ensure all educators testing tools allow educators and districts possess the resources that they need to be to evaluate achievement, current testing successful inside and outside the protocols do not align with the realities of classroom (addressed through advocacy the school calendar and force educators and participation at the state and local to “teach to the test” rather than meeting level to update the funding formula); students at their current level of need. Our access to comprehensive career and education system should focus more on college readiness for all students (expand content mastery, experiential learning, CTC programming to reach more and real-world application rather than on students). over-testing.

What can be done to ensure more What are your views on class size as it diversity in school administration and affects educational outcomes vs. dollars teacher staff? How can a more diverse spent?Smaller class sizes allow educators staff ensure successful outcomes for all to build meaningful relationships with students? students & encourage academic Educators who reflect the racial, cultural, achievement, social/emotional learning, gender, & learning abilities of their and offer more personalized instruction. students make learning accessible to Investing in smaller class sizes to improve student achievement. We need encourage student achievement is both to ensure that our pay scale/benefits are necessary and attainable within FCPS’ competitive to attract & retain high planned 2021 budget - however, this is just quality & diverse employees while also a start for the work we must do to address reducing class size, offering training and class sizes. support, and professional development & advanced degree certification.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 35 of 46 Lois Jarman Nonpartisan Campaign Website: http://www.loisjarman.com Campaign Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/loisjarmanforboardofeducation Campaign Email: [email protected]

What background and experience do you How should FCPS address the needs of bring to this position? I am a retired students who are not college bound?We Frederick County Public Schools teacher, need to look to build our CTC program serving 17 years. I was appointed to the and perhaps have satellite campuses for Board of Education by the County Career and Technology throughout the Executive in January of 2019 to complete county. Our programs at CTC are very the term for Ken Kerr. In addition, I logged successful; we just need to be able to over 1000 hours as a parent volunteer with make them available to more students. FCPS while my two children were in school and I served on many committees and as How do you feel about the current testing an officer in Parent/Teacher protocols? Do they reveal information that organizations. will be useful for their education?I am not sure what standardized testing can tell us What are Frederick County's two most about the success of our schools. I would pressing education issues and how would like to see us focus more on teacher- you address them? developed assessments and We should consider the whole student performance assessments. when allocating funds and developing services. We have focused a great deal on the academic student and increasing What are your views on class size as it test scores but need to consider mental affects educational outcomes vs. dollars health issues and how student are coming spent?I believe that smaller classes are to our classrooms. We need to look at the better for both the students and the education we provide through an equity teachers. A smaller class size allows for lens, ensuring that we put all of our greater one-to-one instruction between students and schools on an equal field. teacher and student.

What can be done to ensure more diversity in school administration and teacher staff? How can a more diverse staff ensure successful outcomes for all students? The Board and Human Resources are working to recruit a diverse population of teachers and administrators. Some progress has been made, but we can do more. I think it is important for our increasingly diverse student population to be able to see themselves reflected in the leadership in our schools. I think this will improve attitudes in learning for all our students.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 36 of 46 Jason "Mr. J" Johnson Nonpartisan Campaign Website: http://jasonoljohnson.wixsite.com/mrjboe Campaign Twitter: twitter.com/mrj_inspires Campaign Email: [email protected]

What background and experience do you How should FCPS address the needs of bring to this position? For over 15 years, I students who are not college bound? have served as an educational leader in In supporting students who will be entering and out of the classroom. As an Science the workforce, military or a trade Educator w/FCPS I earned the Lions Club profession upon graduation, we should Teacher of the Year & Frederick Co. provide opportunities for them to obtain Character Counts Award. With Johns necessary skills & certifications that will Hopkins Univ-APL I served as Asst. Director make them valuable to employers. of the (MESA) program,providing growth Building off the successful pattern of our opportunities in STEM for students in CTC program, we should identify cost- Maryland & the nation, earning awards for effective options for professional innovation and service. coursework certifications in every school.

What are Frederick County's two most How do you feel about the current testing pressing education issues and how would protocols? Do they reveal information that you address them? will be useful for their education? Issues facing FCPS include: the need for Assessment has a place in education. Yet increased funding to serve our growing at present, our students are subjected to community and the need for initiatives to an overabundance of standardized promote active student engagement in testing. While some exams provide order to improve student experiences and students opportunities for scholarships and outcomes. To address these issues I would assess future readiness, there are some support funding increases and champion exams that bear no weight on a student’s programs that actively connect our given curriculum or forward progression students' learning to the world, towards graduation. We must be careful empowering them to make an impact on not to over burden our students with the world now! testing.

What can be done to ensure more What are your views on class size as it diversity in school administration and affects educational outcomes vs. dollars teacher staff? How can a more diverse spent? staff ensure successful outcomes for all Smaller class sizes have continuously been students? linked to higher student achievement. It is Diverse staffing is a powerful tool for important to consider other options before success. When students have positive increasing class sizes, as doing so will interactions with teachers from diverse negatively impact overall student wellness backgrounds the students gain an and success. As a member of the Board of appreciation for not only their content, Education. I will whole-heartedly support but for the teacher; a lesson that imparts measures that ensure appropriate sized compassion for others. I would work with student to teacher ratios in classrooms. It is FCPS to increase the recruitment of worth the investment. diverse teachers from universities who have an established record of diverse candidates.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 37 of 46 Sue Johnson Nonpartisan Campaign Website: http://www.sue4boe.com Campaign Facebook: http://facebook.com/sue4boe Campaign Email: [email protected] Campaign Phone: (240) 815-1939

What background and experience do you How should FCPS address the needs of bring to this position? students who are not college bound? I have lived in Frederick County since 1996 Expand workforce, apprentice, and and have over 20 years of teaching trades programs! FCPS should be guided experience as a respected professor and by the Livable Frederick Master Plan, faculty leader at Frederick Community which emphasizes preparing students for College where I focus on student success trades and careers that do not require a with special emphasis on college degree. We need to increase underrepresented students in STEM fields. enrollment capacity and physical space Also, I operate a farm and small business, at the CTC, expand partnerships with am a parent to a FCPS 3rd grader, coach businesses on apprenticeship programs, youth baseball, and am a volunteer and explore more dual enrollment career firefighter/EMT. programs at FCC.

What are Frederick County's two most How do you feel about the current testing pressing education issues and how would protocols? Do they reveal information that you address them? will be useful for their education? Safely opening schools is top priority, by Test data is useful for setting benchmarks, far. I advocate for a phased in approach studying comparisons with others who ranked by student need. Our youngest take the same tests, and identifying students, English Language Learners (ELL), problems or gaps. Testing data, however, students with special needs/IEPs, students should only be part of evaluating our lacking internet access or a conducive students and programs. Test bias against home learning environment should be the poor test takers, English language learners, first students encouraged to come back students with disabilities, and other to classroom buildings. We can do it with disadvantaged students is a concern. Test a well crafted and flexible plan. data is just one tool in our toolbox.

What can be done to ensure more What are your views on class size as it diversity in school administration and affects educational outcomes vs. dollars teacher staff? How can a more diverse spent? staff ensure successful outcomes for all Evidence suggests smaller class sizes lead students? to better outcomes especially for low- We should allocate resources to attract income students, English language and retain new hires by clearly articulating learners, and earliest grades. However, our commitment to diversity; having blanket class size reduction may not be mentoring programs, great professional the most cost effective approach when development and working conditions, spending educational dollars. More student loan forgiveness programs; and competitive salaries and better work more. An FCPS workforce that mirrors our environments should also be considered local demographics will boost academic as ways to positively impact student outcomes and success rates of ALL our outcomes. students. It is key to my equity plan.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 38 of 46 Dean Rose Nonpartisan Campaign Website: http://www.deanroseforboe.com Campaign Facebook: http://facebook.com/deanroseforboe Campaign Email: [email protected] Campaign Phone: (301) 363-5195

What background and experience do you How should FCPS address the needs of bring to this position? For almost 30 years I students who are not college bound?We have worked, coached, mentored, need to offer entry level Career Tech volunteered, and lobbied on behalf of Education at all of the county's Middle young people. I have volunteered for the and High Schools. Students need to be Make-A-Wish Foundation, Heartly House introduced early to career opportunities. and Frederick Health Hospital. I served as Enlarge the current Career Tech Center in an assistant boys' basketball coach at order to accommodate more students Urbana and Oakdale High Schools' for the and expand programs through past 13 years and I am currently the Board apprenticeships with local companies Chair for the Boys & Girls Club of Frederick that allow students to graduate with trade County. certifications and matriculate into professions. What are Frederick County's two most pressing education issues and how would How do you feel about the current testing you address them? protocols? Do they reveal information that Socioeconomic Achievement Gap-We will be useful for their education? need to expand existing services such as I believe that we have allowed current CTC, LYNX and Social & Emotional testing protocols to become the Learning programs. We also need to dominant force within our schools, at the identify students who need social & detriment of our students and teachers. academic help sooner and get them the We have reduced imagination, creativity services they need. Teacher Salary-Attract and critical thinking. While testing has a and retain the best talent by increasing place in education and should be used to the teacher pay scale in order to make measure individual student progress, it Frederick County competitive with our should not be the dominant factor which neighboring counties. drives our teaching and curriculum.

What can be done to ensure more What are your views on class size as it diversity in school administration and affects educational outcomes vs. dollars teacher staff? How can a more diverse spent?There are a number of studies that staff ensure successful outcomes for all link smaller class size in K-8 classes to students? improved academic performance in the Expand our scope of teacher recruitment future. When students are provided more outside of our geographic area and build individualized attention earlier, it improves teacher recruitment teams which are self confidence and sets a foundation that made up of diverse members. We need to allows students to work independently in be prepared to offer contracts when later grades. By focusing on students outstanding talent is identified. There is earlier, smaller class size provides a significant data that suggests students' positive return on investment. academic performance improves when they are taught by teachers who look like them and/or come from similar circumstances.

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Maryland State Question 1 Constitutional Amendment (Ch. 645 of the Present Practice: 2020 Legislative Session) State Budget Process (Amending Article II Section 17 and The Maryland Constitution prohibits the Article Ill Section 14 and 52 of the Maryland General Assembly from increasing any Constitution). budget item or adding any new items to the Governor’s proposed budget for any of the The proposed amendment authorizes the government agencies except the Judicial General Assembly, in enacting a balanced branch and the operations of the General budget bill for fiscal year 2024 and each Assembly itself. The one exception is that it fiscal year thereafter, to increase, diminish, may add to the budget if it enacts a new or add items, provided that the General revenue source to fund additional items. Assembly may not exceed the total This is a rare occurrence. In addition, it proposed budget as submitted by the cannot move funds from one agency to Governor. another. Therefore, in practice, the General  For the Constitutional Amendment Assembly can only recommend cuts to  Against the Constitutional Amendment state agency budgets recommended by the Governor. Once a budget passes the Origin of the ballot question: The 2020 Senate and House, it becomes law and session of the General Assembly passed cannot be changed or vetoed by the legislation (SB 1028) proposing a Governor. constitutional amendment to increase the authority of the General Assembly in the budget process. A bill that amends the Maryland Constitution requires a three/fifth Proposed Change: If passed, the General vote in each chamber (Maryland Senate Assembly could move spending in the and House of Delegates) and approval by budget proposed by the Governor from a majority of voters at the next general one agency to another as long as the total election. amount of the budget does not exceed the total amount in Governor’s proposed budget. The General Assembly could also add spending to a new item, as long as other item(s) of the budget are reduced to pay for the new expenditure. This change would begin with the 2024 Budget bill which is presented to the General Assembly in 2023. At that time, the Governor would be given the authority to veto items added or items increased by the General Assembly.

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Arguments in Favor: Arguments Against:

• The Maryland Legislature has less power in • Because the Governor would have the the budget process than any other power to enact line item vetoes, there may legislature in the United States. be more Special Sessions to override those • Members of the public might have more vetoes. Special Sessions come with a cost. ability to influence funding for programs of • Because the public will be advocating for importance to them because they have new or increased funding for particular more opportunities to interact with programs, legislators could be swayed to legislators during the General Assembly support programs that the Governor did not Session personally and during committee feel should be funded at that level. hearings, than they do to influence the • It could take longer to pass a budget. Governor or the state agencies when the • Legislators may have more concern budget details are negotiated and finalized about programs that affect their for presentation. constituents, while the Governor may have • For decades, Republican and a more statewide perspective. Democratic legislators have proposed this change while Governors from both major A vote AGAINST the constitutional parties have been in power. The provisions amendment means current law would of this bill will not take effect until the remain in place and the legislature will only election of a new Governor and members be able to reduce the expenditures within of the General Assembly are elected. the budget proposed by the Governor. • This Constitutional Amendment would not change the current requirement that the General Assembly must pass a balanced budget.

A vote FOR the constitutional amendment means the legislature will be able to adjust spending in the Governor’s budget by reducing some items and increasing others as long as the total amount of spending does not exceed the amount of spending proposed by the Governor.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 41 of 46 Maryland State Question 2 Proposed Change: If the referendum is Commercial Gaming Expansion approved, the General Assembly would Referendum (Ch. 492 of the 2020 Legislative then need to pass legislation that authorizes Session) the State Lottery and Gaming Control Expansion of Commercial Gaming-Sports Commission to issue licenses for sports and and Event Wagering. event wagering in the State. The legislation must include the criteria for eligible Do you approve the expansion of applications for a licensee and specify the commercial gaming in the State of permissible forms, means of conducting, Maryland to authorize sports and events and locations where sports wagering would betting for the primary purpose of raising take place. The bill that sent this question to revenue for education? the voters also requires a study by the General Assembly to evaluate whether  For the referred law. there is reason to assist minorities and  Against the referred law. women in the sports and event wagering industry and market. This study is to be Origin of the ballot question: In 2007, the completed by October 1, 2020 so any Maryland Constitution was amended to say recommendations that result can be that the General Assembly may only considered when the General Assembly authorize additional forms or expansion of establishes criteria for licenses (assuming the commercial gambling if approved through referendum passes.) a referendum by a majority of the voters in a general election. In 2020 the General Assembly passed SB 04 that would authorize it to pass laws to establish a program of sports wagering and event wagering in the State if approved by voters in the next General Election. The bill also stated that the primary purpose of this expansion of gambling would be to raise revenue for education.

Present Practice: In 2008 Maryland voters first approved gambling via video lottery terminals (slot machines.) In 2012, voters approved expanding the allowable number of video lottery terminals and authorized table games in casinos. Wagering on a contest, event, game, or match between individuals or teams sponsored by a professional league or association or hosted by a college or university is currently illegal in Maryland.

League of Women Voters of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD Page 42 of 46 Arguments in Favor: Arguments Against: • Allowing sports betting in Maryland would • Maryland already has legalized a lottery, enable the state to compete with the slot machines and casinos with various fourteen states that are already raising gambling table games. This would add revenue this way. another way to raise money from people • Illegal sports betting already takes place. who may not be able to afford it and may Maryland should provide a legal way to become addicted to gambling. place such bets to tap into that market and • If sports betting is implemented in a similar thereby reduce criminal activity. manner to casino gambling, most of the • Depending on how it is implemented, revenue raised will likely go to the gambling Maryland could raise as much as $20 million venues with only a small portion going to a year that could be invested in education education. which could yield long term benefits for • Sports betting could have an impact on Maryland residents. how fans watch games because they could be more interested in making money than A vote FOR the referred law means the appreciating the sport. It could impact the General Assembly will be able to pass game for players as well, especially if legislation to establish a program of sports wagering is allowed on college sports. wagering and event wagering in Maryland with a portion of the revenue going to A vote AGAINST the referred law means that support public education. commercial wagering on sporting events will remain illegal in Maryland.

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Frederick County Question A Pregunta A del Condado de Frederick This Charter Amendment would amend the Frederick County Charter to require the Esta Enmienda de la Carta modificaría la County Executive to provide any Carta del Condado de Frederick para exigir information that is requested by an al Ejecutivo del Condado que proporcione individual County Councilmember which is cualquier información solicitada por un for the purpose of introducing and concejal del condado individual que tenga evaluating legislation or to engage in the el propósito de introducir y evaluar la review and monitoring of Government legislación o para participar en la revisión y programs, activities, and policy monitoreo de los programas implementation. gubernamentales, actividades y implementación de políticas. Present Practice: The Frederick County Charter currently provides that the County Práctica actual: La Carta del Condado de Executive must provide any information that Frederick actualmente establece que el is requested by the Council as a body for Ejecutivo del Condado debe proporcionar the purpose of legislation and monitoring cualquier información que sea solicitada Government programs, activities, and por el Consejo como un órgano con el policy implementation propósito de legislar y monitorear los  For the Charter Amendment programas, actividades y implementación  Against the Charter Amendment de políticas del Gobierno o para la Enmienda de la Carta o contra la Enmienda de la Carta

Frederick County Question B Pregunta B del Condado de Frederick This Charter Amendment would amend the Frederick County Charter to reduce the Esta Enmienda de la Carta modificaría la percentage of assessable property the Carta del Condado de Frederick para County can pledge for debt from 5 to 3 reducir el porcentaje de bienes evaluables percent of assessable real property, and que el Condado puede prometer por from15 to 9 percent of assessable personal deuda de 5 a 3 por ciento de bienes property. inmuebles evaluables, y de 15 a 9 por ciento de bienes personales evaluables. Present Practice: The Frederick County Charter currently permits the County to Práctica actual: La Carta del Condado de pledge up to 5% of the assessable basis of Frederick actualmente permite al Condado real property and up to 15% of the comprometer hasta el 5% de la base assessable basis of personal property and evaluable de bienes inmuebles y hasta el operating real property at any one time for 15% de la base evaluable de bienes the purpose of borrowing funds. personales y bienes inmuebles en cualquier For the Charter Amendment  momento con el propósito de pedir Against the Charter Amendment  prestados fondos. o Para la Enmienda de la Carta o Contra la Enmienda de la Carta

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Frederick County Question C Pregunta C del Condado de Frederick

This Charter Amendment would amend the Esta Enmienda de la Carta modificaría la Frederick County Charter to provide that Carta del Condado de Frederick para the County Council shall fill a vacancy on establecer que el Consejo del Condado the Council by choosing one of three cubrirá una vacante en el Consejo persons from a list submitted by the central eligiendo una de las tres personas de una committee of the same political party as the lista presentada por el comité central del vacating member. If no list is submitted or mismo partido político que el miembro the vacating member was not a member of desocupante. Si no se presenta ninguna a political party, the Council shall appoint a lista o el miembro desocupado no era person it deems best qualified to hold miembro de un partido político, el Consejo office. If the Council fails to fill the vacancy nombrará a una persona que considere within 45 days, the County Executive shall fill mejor cualificada para ocupar cargos. Si el the vacancy by following the same Consejo no llena la vacante en un plazo de procedure. All persons considered for 45 días, el Ejecutivo del Condado cubrirá la appointment shall be presented to the vacante siguiendo el mismo public and shall be interviewed by either procedimiento. Todas las personas the Council or Executive, allowing for public consideradas para el nombramiento se comment, prior to appointment. If the presentarán al público y serán vacancy occurs in the first year of the entrevistadas por el Consejo o el Ejecutivo, vacating member's term, after a person is permitiendo comentarios públicos, antes appointed to temporarily fill the vacancy, a del nombramiento. Si la vacante se special election will be held to elect and fill produce en el primer año del período de the vacancy for the balance of the term. vigencia del miembro desalojar, después de que una persona es nombrada para Present Practice: Currently, the Charter llenar temporalmente la vacante, se llevará requires the remaining council members a cabo una elección especial para elegir y (within forty-five days by majority vote), to llenar la vacante para el saldo del período. appoint a person from the same political party as the council member who vacates Práctica actual: Actualmente, la Carta (including qualifications and residency requiere que los miembros restantes del requirements). consejo (dentro de cuarenta y cinco días  For the Charter Amendment por votación mayoritaria), nombren a una  Against the Charter Amendment persona del mismo partido político que el miembro del consejo que desaloja (incluidos los requisitos de cualificación y residencia). o Para la Enmienda de la Carta o Contra la Enmienda de la Carta

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Frederick County Question D Pregunta D del Condado de Frederick

This Charter Amendment would amend the Frederick County Charter to provide Esta Enmienda de la Carta modificaría la aprocess to fill a vacancy in the position of Carta del Condado de Frederick para County Executive. The County Council shall proporcionar unproceso para cubrir una fill a vacancy of the Executive by choosing vacante en el puesto de Ejecutivo del one of three persons from a list submitted by Condado. El Consejo del Condado cubrirá the central committee of the same political una vacante del Ejecutivo eligiendo una de party as the vacating Executive. If no list is las tres personas de una lista presentada submitted or the vacating Executive was por el comité central del mismo partido not a member of a political party, the político que el Ejecutivo desocupado. Si no Council shall appoint a person it deems best se presenta ninguna lista o el Ejecutivo qualified to hold office. If the Council fails to fill the vacancy within 45 days, the Council desocupado no era miembro de un partido shall appoint the County's Chief político, el Consejo nombrará a una Administrative Officer. All persons persona que considere mejor cualificada considered for appointment shall be para ocupar cargos. Si el Consejo no llena presented to the public and shall be la vacante en un plazo de 45 días, el interviewed, allowing for public comment, Consejo nombrará al Director prior to appointment. If the vacancy occurs Administrativo del Condado. Todas las in the first year of the vacating Executive's personas consideradas para el term, after a person is appointed to nombramiento se presentarán al público y temporarily fill the vacancy, a special serán entrevistadas, permitiendo election will be held to elect and fill the comentarios públicos, antes del vacancy for the balance of the term. nombramiento. Si la vacante se produce en el primer año del período de vigencia del Present Practice: Currently, the Charter only mandates a single nominee, submitted by Ejecutivo de vacante, después de que una the party of the vacating County Executive, persona sea nombrada para llenar which the Council MUST then appoint. temporalmente la vacante, se llevará a cabo una elección especial para elegir y llenar la vacante para el saldo del período.  For the Charter Amendment  Against the Charter Amendment Práctica actual: Actualmente, la Carta sólo exige un único candidato, la parte del Ejecutivo del Condado vacante, que el Consejo DEBE nombrar.

o Para la Enmienda de la Carta o Contra la Enmienda de la Carta

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